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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: PLEAD (11/30/23)
For Others

He does not know if he really can,
Do like he knows a good man can.
His Lord, He sweat blood when in prayer.
Is His affliction normal or is it rare?
He goes to the Lord begging and crying.
He knows one day he will go from dying.
In prayer to his Lord seven times a day.
On his knees, face down I’d have to say.

When he starts his day getting out of bed,
His Lord he hears He’s in his head.
Out of bed and he’s on his knees,
Crying and begging saying dear Lord please,
Guide me as I walk for You Lord,
Lead me in this life wanting Your reward.
Let Your Light shine bright through me.
Open my ears and eyes to hear and see.

As he makes coffee and prepares his meal,
Reflecting on the word to get his fill.
He prays to God to show his thanks.
Life is better when not on his flanks.
On his knees with arms spread wide,
He knows the Lord will be by his side.
It’s not for him when he’s in prayer,
It’s for those he loves that are unaware.

Three times a day with meals provided,
He gives the Lord thanks he is guided.
He knows he’s not worthy it’s the truth,
Turned for fifty years since in his youth.
Now he begs and cries, but it’s for others.
He’ll sow seed, water sisters and brothers.
Lord, please open their ears, eyes and hearts,
Help them to block all those fiery darts.

Three prayers with meals, four prayers of love,
All given to our Father who’s up above.
Since he’s been found ears and eyes open,
He cries to Father whom he has hope in.
And now getting ready to climb in bed,
Praying giving the Lord all in his head.
He prays, “Lord, Lord, I know You see,
You see within my heart, You see my agony.

Says it with sincerity Lord please hear it.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
A broken and contrite heart, O God.
He begs and cries to the one true God.
He stays on his knees all night long,
Begging and crying for others is not wrong.
Giving the Lord his heart, his supplication,
With all he does for his Lords’ glorification.

Why does he do all the things he does,
To tell you true, it’s for those he loves.
All night and all day he’ll pray and pray,
For those he loves for God to save.
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Philippa Geaney
12/09/23
Sincere heartfelt cry from a lover of others.
I have forgotten almost everything from my poetry and its form in English Lit. but I think you have written in the Alternating Pattern. AA, BB,CC,DD.
I got a little confused over who was He and he in a few lines.
Great effort though and certainly on topic.
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
12/14/23
It's a powerful and beautiful prayer. Poetry is not my strongest genre by far. I know punctuation is a poet's choice, but I think if you used periods, question marks, and quotation marks more, it might've been easier to understand. I wasn't sure who he was at first, and sometimes wondered if it was the MC or God. Perhaps if you wrote it in the first person using I and me instead, it might make it easier to differentiate and would feel more powerful reading it from that voice than an anonymous man. You did a great job of writing on topic and you have a clear precise message.