if i prayed for you, <br />with the eyes of a child, <br />beaten, bruised, and hungry... <br />would you see, would you know? <br /> <br />if i prayed for you, <br />with an old man's hands, <br />hard, calloused, and gentle... <br />would you feel, would you know? <br /> <br />if i prayed for you, <br />with a mother's tears, <br />her daughter raped by your soldiers... <br />would you change, would you know? <br /> <br />if i prayed for you, <br />with a homeless man's heart, <br />a human story untold... <br />would you care, would you know? <br /> <br />if i prayed for you, <br />with a farmer's faith, <br />plowing and planting unseen... <br />would you believe, would you know? <br /> <br />if i prayed for you, <br />from a soldier's conviction, <br />who laid down his guns and walked away... <br />would you be inspired, would you know? <br /> <br />if i prayed for you, <br />with a real doctor's conscience, <br />who made his life's work for the poor... <br />would you love, would you know? <br /> <br />if i prayed for you, <br />with the protester's courage, <br />beaten and arrested for the truth... <br />would you live, would you know? <br /> <br />if i prayed for you, <br />from the heart of god, <br />revealing holy desire.... <br />hey, i just did!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-i-prayed-for-you-i-just-did/
