A Prayer

People may smile around me

And say or nod hello--

I may, at times, claim I know "me,"

But in the coldness, in the void--

No one else does but You.

Deep inside my being--

The very parches of my soul,

When I am frail and doubtful

You know, you know what's going on.

In the sea of loving faces,

How do I say I feel alone?

Reign over me

Let me shut out all the noise

Stop me from hanging by a moment,

Allow me to watch the time to go by

without a care in this world--

Liberate me.

Reign over me

Let the music seep in and reverberate in me;

To dance and sing and praise,

Unaffected by what others may think;

In the silence, I will listen only to your voice--

Pacify me.

Reign over me

As I gape up at the heavens

in wonder at all the stars in place

What is there beyond?

What have you laid out for us all?

Wash me--

Let the torrents and torrents flow down my face.

And with these tears,

Make me one with the sufferings of the Earth.

Reign over me

Lavish and bathe me in sunshine,

So I may know its warmth

And Love, in all its glory, bask in it.

Reign over me

Let me hear the laughter

resonate the hollowed corners,

Watch the walls crumble at my feet,

Hold on to nothing, live by Faith.

Reign over me

Let me make this right,

Surrender all my battles,

And begin to see Life for what it REALLY is.

And know what it's WORTH.