If I Prayed For You... (I Just Did) Poem by Eric Cockrell

if i prayed for you,
with the eyes of a child,
beaten, bruised, and hungry...
would you see, would you know?

if i prayed for you,
with an old man's hands,
hard, calloused, and gentle...
would you feel, would you know?

if i prayed for you,
with a mother's tears,
her daughter raped by your soldiers...
would you change, would you know?

if i prayed for you,
with a homeless man's heart,
a human story untold...
would you care, would you know?

if i prayed for you,
with a farmer's faith,
plowing and planting unseen...
would you believe, would you know?

if i prayed for you,
from a soldier's conviction,
who laid down his guns and walked away...
would you be inspired, would you know?

if i prayed for you,
with a real doctor's conscience,
who made his life's work for the poor...
would you love, would you know?

if i prayed for you,
with the protester's courage,
beaten and arrested for the truth...
would you live, would you know?

if i prayed for you,
from the heart of god,
revealing holy desire....
hey, i just did!