Trap

Lord
I could apologize
For asking you
But when the walls are high
And windows small
And light and air
Feel gone

When the need is big
My prison small
With no one
Else attending
So it seems

Whom may I talk to
Anytime
Who without fail with hear me
And regarding the biggest
Fails
And needs in life
Will hear me
And attend

Who will hear me
And respond
Even if the answer is
Endure

And I can question worthiness
With reason
Beyond the point that
No one is deserving
Which moves us
To the place of grace and miracle
That some
Believe they market
By possessing
First
When it is only you
Makes and dispenses
These

And we should honor that
And honor you
With our humility
Brought
To the front
From where we hid it
Last

So without vanity
Even from challenged hope
I ask
Without apology
I guess
For your response
To my exigent situation

The honest need
Take care of
Leaving my vanity
Alone

Please
Thank you
With love
Amen

C L Couch


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