| 1. CONFUSION Let me stop the war within,
The voices arguing – chaotic din
Confused by memories they cannot feel
From childhood past no longer real.
Let me find a path to take
Away from pain, away from ache,
Away from endless asking how
That keeps me from the time that’s now.
Let me grasp the central knot
That ties me up so I’m still caught
In tangled feelings I can’t leave,
In images I can’t retrieve.
Let meone door more
To show me what God’s love is for
So I can find the self I know
And finding self, let all pain go.
2. GETTING ALONG WITH
FAMILY
AND FRIENDS
I pray I will always be wise enough
To judge how people must see
Not what they do or how they behave
And not what they say about me,
But how they are touched, deep down in their souls
By their fears, their pain, and their need
If I am wise, then I will find
That their view of themselves is the key
3. GOD’S LOVE
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What good does praying do?
What can I say?
When does God listen?
Once an hour? Once a day?
My soul speaks in silence,
My heart’s like a stone
How will God hear me
When I’m all alone?
But I will not doubt that
God knows what I feel.
Without words God answers
Through Love, prayers made real.
4. LIVING IN THE MOMENT
I pray I keep with me this moment of glory
When the light shines clear
And the wind is still,
When the sky offers hope
And the world holds its breath
Waiting for me to take notice
I pray I keep with me this moment of glory
When I have grown older
And girlhood has gone
When my soul cries out
May this moment remain
Waiting for me to take notice
5. BODY IMAGE
Please help me, God, to see my face,
To find more there than skin and bone,
To see the light reflected back
That tells me I am not alone.
My face seems ugly to me now
With blemishes and shadows deep
My eyes worried, my mouth is tight
It’s not a face I’d like to keep
And yet I force myself to say
It’s not today’s face that is key
But how my face will change to show
The infinite Beauty inside me.
6. BOYS
Today I saw him look
at her
Although he was with me
And nothing he could do or say
Would end my agony.
For even though I joke and laugh
Pretending we are fine
A knowing voice inside me says
That he's no longer mine
Please God, help me to find the strength
To trust that what will come
Is for the best. It's over now
We had our love. It's done.
And when I'm all
alone again
Closed down by all my fears
May You be there to comfort me
Your love will dry my tears.
7. I BOW TO MY
INNER SELF
May I take this moment
To listen to my Self
Turn off Mind's chatter
Silence the voices
That interrupt prayers
And hear the rush
Of spirits release
The soft sweet murmur
Of Childhood's singing
Reach down deep
Into regions unknown
And find God waiting
To show me the way.
8. DARK NIGHTS
Please God help me
fine myself
I woke up lost again
My mind a blank
A stranger where
There once had been a friend
I do not know what words to say
Or how I should respond
I'm paralyzed
Insensate for
My self has come and gone.
My choices overwhelm me
When there's no path to take
It's chaos here
Confusion reigns
For all my feelings are fake
I'm starting out so empty
Alarmed I'll be found out
I'm so alone
Surrounded by
Found selves who have no doubt.
Please help me find a touchstone.
A glimpse of self to see
That I can follow
Throughout the day
Until I locate me.
9. GETTING BACK
ON TRACK
I pray that I can
recognize
All the guilt, all the shame
All the anger, all the blame
That's been inside me for so long
That's kept me from becoming strong.
I pray that I can stop denying
These ways of thinking, ways of feeling
Ways of hurting, and start healing
By throwing all these thoughts away
To clean my house so love will stay.
10. COURAGE
May I have the courage
to start over again
May i reach deep down to my core
And find what it takes
To play for high stakes
Because that's what I'm aiming for
May I have the strength to face down my loss
May I push past all of my fears
To rush to the heart
Where I'll touch the part
Of the Self who can smile through my tears.
May I have the trust to get past the test
May I find in my failures the key
To unlock the door
That to more
Than I ever believed I could be.
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