My Prayer

This feeling that's inside of me,

So deep. So dark. So hllow.

Makes it hard for me to breathe,

To hear. To see. To swallow.

This need for something I can't have.

For joy. For hope. For love.

No matter how hard I beg and ask,

On earth or in heaven above.

It keeps me awake all through the night.

No light. No dreams. No pleasant tone.

All the thoughts my mind can't fight,

You're stupid. You're chained. You're alone.

Why are these things inside of me?

My heart. My mind. My soul.

God, why don't you fill me up?

Then again, I may be whole.

Please take away this loneliness

This pain. This sorrow. This dread.

Make me a crown of love and peace,

And then place it on my head.

Fill me up so full of you

That there's no room for anything more,

So that my life has meaning again,

To run. To laugh. To soar.