Reason A. Poteet Poet Lento

Prayer's Conversation

Crying out to God with problems to face
vying with sleep, my thinking's a chore.
Buying back time while seeking His ear,
trying to pray sounds more like a snore.

How to decide the time that one prays -
vow to start praying ere time is spent,
bow, recognizing distress in life's mess.
Thou, Father God, my empowerment!

Releasing my prayers all through the day,
decreasing the chance of mere desperation,
policing my actions, God's will to unleash,
unceasing prods of prayer's conversation.

Ablaze with light, each new moment is born.
Praise for God's strength after trust's rebirth;
malaise withdraws in the wake of belief.
Thruways of prayer help me cope on earth.

January 12, 2020

contest: Let's Write a Lento  
host: Dear Heart

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Constance La France February 10, 2020 at 2:05 PM Reason, congratulations on your win in my writing challenge with this wonderful write _Constance Reason A. Poteet February 11, 2020 at 12:12 AM Love the front end rhyme of a lento-thanks for the placement and kind remark

Andrea Dietrich February 9, 2020 at 1:09 PM I enjoyed your thoughts on prayer, REason. Congrats for the win. I pray as I drive to work. Sometimes the prayer can be almost the whole 20 min. or sometimes just 3 or 4. I am a person always trying to kill two birds with one stone. Reason A. Poteet February 11, 2020 at 12:14 AM Thank you Andrea, it is such a blessed thought to know that the Creator, Redeemer Actually hears and listens to us.