My Prayer

I wrote this early one morning before the sun came up and was in a peaceful state of mind.

My Prayer

Written by: T. L. O’Neal

 

We ask you Lord to bless the tired and weak

And to honor the spiritual and the meek

 

Heal the sick and the old

Look after the hungry and the cold

 

Help the poor to afford to live

And give people the compassion to forgive

 

Show the way to those that’s lost

Take away their anguish at any cost

 

Help us to be strong and on our feet

For one day it’s you that we’ll meet

 

Help those whose spirit is broken

Open up the skies and show them heaven

 

Help those with pain in so many ways

Bring them joy to live and obey

 

Help us who’s afraid of the dark

To light our way through life’s spiritual park

 

Help us to love one another

To accept each other as our brother

 

Help us spread your love around

And pick them up when they’re down

 

Help those who cannot see

Open their eyes for they can be free

 

God love us one and all

From the short to the very tall

 

With this Lord we do pray

Bless us with another day

Amen

 

Reviews

[kevin walls]

though i'm not religious i found waht you were saying, i'm almost all of those people, so i guess i need prayin!


but seriously this is good, how do you think people's poems become authorized creeds, ya know things people pray as standards they were probably poems before that, i never figured it out


anyway good poem/prayer

[Tawny O'hara]

It's a prayer we could all stand to say everyday. Thank you

[Inmate 72866]

This suprisingly poignant. It is a departure from other pieces I've read from you. Such a simple prayer. Reminds me of Don William's "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good." You never cease to surprise. Good work.

[Anastacia Hess]

Oh wow!!! This should be in an inspirational book. This is just awesome. I use that word for lack of a better one. I love it.

Stacia

[Unspoken Wordz]

Enjoy reading this poem. It was a easy read and the emotion that I have revieve amazing. Great job, look forward on reading some more of your work. keep writing.

[A. Highly. Addictive. S..]

Alright, I changed my mind. This is my personal favorite of yours. I find that sometimes trying to talk God and finding the right words to say to Him can be strangely difficult. But prayer through poetry seems to never fail us. And again, the deeper side leaves me amazed.

[Elegance]

This is absolutly beautiful. I love prayer and you have put together perfection here.....

I will save this in my favorites.

FIVE S*T*A*R*S*

[Kasia A. Tilander]

This would be a beautiful way to begin each day... to say these words softly before the alarm rings, before the house starts to wake, before the weight of the day and the burden of all the responsibility we each endure has a chance to weight heavy upon our shoulders.

Kasia.

[J L Franklin]

Would you take the place of this man,
Would you take the nails from his hands?

This poem I will memeoize and begin to say daily as I wake to encourage me. Thanx.

[Creepy Swine Guy]

I can only hope that there are people out there praying such prayers for me.

I wondre though, how this stanza:

Help us spread your love around
And pick them up when they�re down

would sound tweaked just a smidge.

Help us spread your love around
And pick those up who've fallen down

Dude the poem/prayer is great, I see a few spots where I stumbled over meter, but poets seem to find ways to work those things out. I just think as you read the poem to yourself you will find those spots on your own. The bottom line is that the spirit of the poem is fantastic.

[C.J. Klein]

What a wonderful picture of a most blessed communion. I appreciated its purity and its honesty.

Lovely write.

~ Caroline ~