Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TOO TIRED TO PRAY, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: Too tired to pray! O father, tired of toiling
Last Line: Pray -- for I cannot pray!
Subject(s): Prayer


Too tired to pray! O Father, tired of toiling,
Tired of the heavy load, the blistering way,
Weary of all the monotone of moiling,
Tired out -- too tired to pray.

Too sad to pray! undone, my God, with trouble,
The same dull heartache borne another day,
My life an empty field of worthless rubble,
And I -- too sad to pray.

Too sinful -- yes, for any further praying,
Too proud to hear, too wicked to obey,
Loathing the desert path, yet ever straying,
And gone too far to pray.

O Christ, pray for me! Weary, sad, in silence,
My impotence at Thy dear feet I lay.
Jesus, my final Help, my All-reliance,
Pray -- for I cannot pray!





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