A Prayer For The Ages Poem by Edwina Reizer

How does one pray and know they are heard?
Should they do it with thought or do it with word?
Through the ages humans have prayed
For divine intervention
Placing the burden on God,
For divine inspiration
Wherever they’ve trod,
For peaceful intention
To be sent from above,
For lessening of tension
To be replaced with love,
For all of God’s attention
To the plight of man’s woes,
For less apprehension
Wherever he goes.

And all of these thoughts or words they convey
Are expectant and hopeful that in some way
They’ll be answered by God and not by man.
But man is a partner in all of these prayers.
He must understand that everyone shares
In the responsibility that God expects.
For thoughts and words are the disconnects
That make us depend on God.