But We Pray Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CCDD CCEF GGCC HHIJ IJKK LLMM MMCC IJNO PPQQ HHIJ RRSS GGTT PPUU VVGG IJGG WWXU CCYY ZZUA2 IJZZ IJSS B2B2CC UA2C2D2 E2E2MM TTIJ| O God Will you answer my prayers | A |
| O Lord Will you take away my tears | A |
| O Divine I am so worried about my fears | B |
| We pray but don't know the meaning of our prayers | A |
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| Of course most of the world does pray | C |
| Not many of us know the meaning of what we say | C |
| We just fold our hands and close our eyes | D |
| And call out to the one who we think is above the skies | D |
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| If we pray but don't understand what we say | C |
| Then we don't pray at best we bray | C |
| It's time to stop and find out the truth | E |
| What is prayer Get to the bottom of the root | F |
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| Who is God and where is He | G |
| Aren't our prayers for God meant to be | G |
| If we don't know God but still we pray | C |
| Then who is listening to what we say | C |
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| We pray because we have some desire | H |
| Or because of problems that consume us like fire | H |
| Isn't there a reason we go to God | I |
| Or just for fun do we pray to our Lord | J |
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| Some people pray because they truly love God | I |
| There are others who pray out of fear of the Lord | J |
| A very few pray to express their thanks | K |
| They evolve in life's journey and cross to God's banks | K |
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| Prayer has a purpose to God we do talk | L |
| Some stop to listen they don't just walk | L |
| Prayer that works is a two way communication | M |
| A tool that leads to ultimate liberation | M |
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| There are rituals and superstitions in every religion | M |
| They make us get confused and cloud our vision | M |
| We are so controlled by what our scriptures say | C |
| That we just blindly follow day after day | C |
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| Is prayer all about mumbling something to God | I |
| Is it about praying not knowing who is our Lord | J |
| Unless we first know who God truly is | N |
| We may say many prayers but the main point we miss | O |
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| Therefore in quest of God we must go | P |
| We must ask questions until we ultimately know | P |
| God is not someone made of bone and skin | Q |
| He is a Power that lives within | Q |
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| How do we know that God is a Power | H |
| When will we stop praying at some religious tower | H |
| If we must realize the truth about God | I |
| First know who is the one that's praying to the Lord | J |
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| Self realization marks the beginning of our quest | R |
| It asks questions putting every belief to test | R |
| Then we realize that we are not ego body and mind | S |
| We are the Divine Soul this truth we find | S |
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| What is the Soul Is it different in you and me | G |
| The Soul is a Power different it cannot be | G |
| It is one Power that gives life to everything on earth | T |
| It goes when we die and it comes at birth | T |
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| What is the Soul and where does it go | P |
| Fill two balloons with air for this truth to know | P |
| When you deflate the balloons where goes the air | U |
| It merges with the air that is everywhere | U |
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| So is the Soul it's not just in us | V |
| It's in everything that moves on this earth and thus | V |
| Man beast plant bird or fish whatever it be | G |
| The Soul creates the life the Soul is the key | G |
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| Then we realize that everything is God | I |
| We are all nothing without the power of the Lord | J |
| God is the cause only effects are we | G |
| We would be nothing in the absence of He | G |
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| When we know this truth it changes our life | W |
| We live in bliss without misery and strife | W |
| When God is within then there is no fear | X |
| The Divinity in us wipes out every tear | U |
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| Realizationchanges the way that we pray | C |
| For now we know who is the one to whom we say | C |
| The Divine is not someone sitting up in the sky | Y |
| He lives within each one of us right till we die | Y |
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| When we know that God lives in every human being | Z |
| He lives in every animal and every living thing | Z |
| Then we realize serving humanity is prayer | U |
| Our love and compassion God will surely hear | A2 |
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| Prayer becomes simple seeing everything beautiful as God | I |
| True prayer is not seeing the beauty but the Divinity of our Lord | J |
| Then we not only pray when a temple bell we ring | Z |
| But rather at every song that the little birds sing | Z |
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| True prayer is all about being connected with God | I |
| Being disconnected with the world being one with the Lord | J |
| Transcending cravings of the senses and desires of the mind | S |
| True bliss and peace being with God we find | S |
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| Some people pray hard but they don't pray smart | B2 |
| For many years they pray but they never learn the art | B2 |
| True prayer is first knowing to whom we pray | C |
| And then understanding exactly what we do say | C |
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| If we rumble and mumble a few words in prayer | U |
| Is this communicating with God Will this prayer He hear | A2 |
| When we discover the true meaning of folding our hands | C2 |
| Then we are liberated and go to God's land | D2 |
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| What is our life's ultimate goal | E2 |
| It's to realize we are the Divine Soul | E2 |
| Overcoming ignorance that leads to God realization | M |
| Liberation and ultimately Divine unification | M |
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| There is a purpose for us human beings on earth | T |
| There is a reason why we pray after we take birth | T |
| Prayers create faith trust and love for God | I |
| And ultimately make us unite make us one with our Lord | J |
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