How I Read Aloud, 12

       Look how slowed down it gets with that 4th and 5th line.  I can take the lines slow.  They’re “walk”ing lines.  There are four “you”/“your”s in those two lines, and they apply to both you and your listeners with whom you can be in direct contact.  Then in the 6th, the “words are golden” whether or not they’re real words, because the sunset is golden.

       The “you”s continue into the second stanza, with the informal “catch on” allowing you to keep an easy, direct relationship with your listeners.  And the hint of challenge in “if you don’t catch on” alerts all that they are to be participants in the grasping of this “secret.”   Of course it’s not really hard to “feel a little elevated,” and, besides, no listener would want to be the one not to catch on.  In any case, it’s only a little elevated.  And the accessibility of the “prayer” continues for you and your audience with the warmth of “just lending a helping hand.”