Hound of Heaven Hymns

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prayer

prayer is about being
lost being lost so
that you and I can
be found the points
of our compass must
fall away and every
distraction and
thought guarantee a
return by an unknown
path we let go and
lose the pains joys and
perplexities of flesh
thought and soul
that we might face
them with a fresh
view formed by Your
love it takes us into
the process shared in
the rough and rude
feeding trough and
cruel cruciform wood
the newness is forged
by the third day a
light year away
from a mortal span
but placed in our
innermost essence
prayer touches and
changes us in spite
of our certain needs
and pleadings turning
us from the blind
alley to infinite
possibilities refreshing
the racked frame and
the last breath with
the sweetness the
power and hope of
pre–existent spirit
effervescing and taking
us into the sacred all
whose entrance is
barred by aberrant
self and importance
in prayer we are
lost nothing else
matters and
the touch of divinity
claims us
again and
again
our certain
and uncertain
world bursts
behold I make
all things
new