and here I am
your unanswered prayer
if only you would
rise from your prostration
pray with one eye open
for how will you know
He has responded?
or do you become blind
and fail to recognise a gift?
His bounties are all around you
but you keep asking
more
yet more
and then some more
each prayer
with good intention
is answered
in its own time
through its own way
you don’t even need to ask
isn’t the All-Knowing
one of His names?
(yet another old poem I had not yet posted)
SONYA KASSAM 
Prayer works in different ways for me. Sometimes it is for me to accept what is in my way. I like your thought provoking ending. Still, religion calls us to pray.
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Absolutely true.Beautifully questioned:)
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Thank you …so much Kanwal :)
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Dear Sonya,
Thank you very much for such a powerful, prayerful poem. Notable is your highlighting of *intention*, the root of all Bounty.
All good wishes,
robert
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Thanks Robert. You have said it very well…intention, the root of bounty.
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Excellent thoughts Sonya ! :)
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Thanks! :)
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I love this! … especially the first two sections, which are so cleverly phrased. While I do believe we are called to “ask” as evidence of our faith, I do like your ending as well.
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Well I don’t trust myself to ask for the right things, so I’m hoping He would already know :)
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You have a point! Sometimes we ask, and then regret asking because it turns out to be a hard lesson at the end of that fulfilled request.
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