Face to Face

Face to face, no false pretense
No "holy" words, no special sense
of needing somehow to rephrase
my ordinary heart felt ways
of talking
of praying

You are here, oh so near
Knowing the truth of what you hear
seeing through any religious words
Oh how foolish, how absurd
to think that I must somehow change
my language when I pray

And now I know, as tears flow
God's heart is stirred, my prayers are heard
as speaking now with honesty
those cries long hidden deep in me,
my anguished, heartfelt, soul's petition
To my God who surely listens.

I'm sure as sure as sure can be
that God was listening to me.

Karen Holmes
11.3.2007