Prayer

gifts of god 
rain upon me
but I look away
to material things
I forget to pray and open my mouth to God
tell what I need, ask for what I want
I forget that he is waiting always
to hear me
and I make my life hard, harder
and struggle until I am spent
and then I remember
I need to look up
I need to close my eyes
I need to just
ask him
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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March 10, 2011 at 2:48 AM
Never ever forget to pray Veronica. you should always pray even if you do not have troubles in life so that you are always secure. what's in this poem is what happens to most of us, we always wait for that time when we can no longer carry the burden and that is wrong.i enjoyed reading
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