if I talk to someone and they don’t answer
is it considered a conversation
if I talk to God and He doesn't answer
is it considered a prayer


how many times must I
walk through the valley
of the shadow
of death
before I fear no evil

if you know my heart God
why do you let it break
and how many times
do my fingertips have to bleed
from picking up the pieces

why don’t you talk back

have you grown tired of my tears
I memorize the lines they make
on my cheeks
like roadmaps
that might lead me to you
until they fall off the bottom of my face
and dissipate on my pillow

I just need an answer

just one

because if you don’t hear me, God
I don’t think anyone ever will

if I talk to someone and they don’t answer
is it considered a conversation

if I talk to God and He don’t answer
is it considered a prayer