Her Own Way to Pray!

She said to herself, “I’ve had enough

Of ritualistic prayers and such stuff.

It’s now become a really big strain,

A huge burden on my tender brain!”

Just then, an idea came to her mind,

Chatting with God as prayer she did find.

Not once before had she heard of this,

Her concept of prayer had been amiss.

This is what for her prayer had been:

Repeating set words to a being unseen,

In a language she didn't understand,

A tongue hailing from a distant land.

Finally, one day, to herself this she said:

“No longer by anyone else shall I be led.

I’ll pray in a way that resonates with me.

If God will accept this, I’ll wait and see.”

Chatting with God, listening to Him, too,

This is what as prayer she began to do.

With God she began to directly relate,

No more as others sought to dictate.

Her praying was no longer as before,

A grim compulsion, an onerous chore.

She delights now in her own way to pray:

Conversing with God through the day!