Scribbles on a napkin

  All these words released

All these thoughts and feelings

   I find it gives me peace

On my knees before him

   Lifting high into the air

Begging graces and petitions for

   The answering of a prayer

These thoughts are mine alone

   Not to be debased by you

Not lifted or transfigured

   Stolen or misconstrued

Do not assume you know me 

  When you read these lines

Or understand the life I live

   Or the life I left behind

Scribbles on a napkin

   All these words released

All these thoughts and feelings

   Bring me Rest and Hope and Peace