Ten Time Prayer

Prayed ten times

Ten times no word

“Keep on praying”

That’s what I heard

From that country preacher

In that little church

“Go on, keep asking”

Even though I thought it absurd

How could my little voice

Be recognized

By the creator 

Of the stars and skies?

Answers never came

Turned my back on those beliefs

Until I was desperate

And would finally do anything 

You see, just asking

Is never enough

Need a kernel of faith

When you lift that question up

Nothing more than believing

That your words

Will find the ears of a God

Bigger than your hurt

Don’t need

To be polished or pure

Just a heart

That’s endured

Time seems desperate

In our human eyes

But it is infinite

To the maker of those same skies

So I prayed

Once again

This time longing

For an end

And it was granted

But not the way I thought

Everything changed

And I was given 

This thing called hope

Out of a prayer

I’d prayed so many times

Came a journey

That opened my eyes

Yes, I still struggle

I still face some of that same pain

But I am never alone

Even when I feel lost

I remain

Here.

And there’s so much less fear.

Here.

Aware of where

My heart was healed.

08/20/25

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