DM Babbit Poet Rhyme

Show Me How To Pray

I did not go to church today,
I just couldn’t find it in my heart to pray.

Oh, I could try and find some explanatory excuse,
   but let’s face it, I didn’t want to go
 	  that’s the truth.

I went before because I want so to believe, 
   but every Sunday, 
         that goal is unachieved.

Perhaps my prayers are unheard,
   not what they should be,
         as my soul is blurred.

I want to speak Lord.
   do my prayers speak some non harmonic chord?
I cannot help but question that you’re there.

I’ve said the Our Father over and again,
    the repetition is unclear and seems all pretend,
   	surely there are better words.

I seek to know the how, the why, the where
I am continually searching, reaching listening,
  but feeling nothing but guilty conscience here.

Perhaps Lord, you could come and show me,
Show me what to say.
Show me how to pray.

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Lin Lane November 8, 2015 at 2:47 PM DM, you DO know how to pray. Every word you just wrote is your prayer. God hears your plea...not in repetition, but in the kind of conversation you just had with Him. That's exactly the things you'd express to a friend, and if you let Him be your friend it will be easy to share your feelings with Him. This is very special to me, and I hope it is for you.