MY PERFECT PRAYER
6-5-95, 3:35 A.M.

1. When I speak to God I pray the Perfect

Prayer he taught me long ago.

When he speaks to me, he says the words

That let me know that he loves me so.

And clearly I hear the language he speaks,

So I can respond, and pray what he seeks -

For that which he seeks and he savors for weeks

Is my Perfect Prayer.

2. I asked for his gift - to pray the Perfect

Prayer, and faithfully he gave.

I was but a child, naive and meek,

But full of faith in him, and brave.

Then clearly he taught me such words from the start

That I knew in an instant had come from his heart.

So that which I sought was the gift that God brought -

It's my Perfect Prayer.

3. When I speak to God, I pray the Perfect

Prayer he'd saved to give to me.

The words speak themselves, and sometimes sing

Melodically, in time and key;

And now when I pray, I'm not sure what I say,

For my spirit inside me is having its way;

And my mind is at rest, for my gift is the best -

It's my Perfect Prayer.

4. Now years have gone by but still the Perfect

Prayer is in my lips and my song.

And though I'm a man, with childhood past,

That Prayer today was on my tongue.

I tried to explain just how precious it's been,

And tried to convince you to let it begin;

For God has reserved one for you and your twin –

It's your Perfect Prayer.