Hear Me Pray

Please Sweet Lord
Hear Me Pray-
Is there a possibility
you could hear me today?
I feel so lonely
and the world is so cold-
 
Must I live on 
to be very old?
I can't continue 
to live like this-
Cannot you grant me
just one little wish?
 
Grant my release
from those vows I made?
Will you send someone
to love me in trade?
Maybe one hug a month?
Maybe a chaste kiss goodnight?
 
Lord, I'm afraid in the dark
where there's no light in site!
I ask only for love-
One gentle, caring, and kind.
I ask why this must be
so hard for me to find?
 
My Dearest Lord Jesus,
I'm down on my knees.
I respectfully ask
that you hear me please?
I wish to be loved
and not just used-
 
Why is it that I'm
always the one abused?
I lay on my bed
on the living room floor-
He's in the bedroom
behind a closed door.
 
Is this what love is?
Rejection and more pain?
This just couldn't be why
you let me love again?
I gave all I am
and that wasn't enough.
 
It hurts so much Lord...
Inside I'm soft, not tough.
Please Sweet Lord
I beg hear my cry-
Let me be loved just
once before I die?

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