Long Distance Prayer

The long and winding road I see ahead

Seems so far from here to there

Feels right, feels wrong, feels alien, feels familiar

Feels distant, feels way too close

Turn the lights out! Let the music play!

 

The long and lonely need inside of me.

How I wish that things were clear

I seek, I find, I lose again, I’m confusing,

I’m tired of turning round and round again

Turn the lights out! Let the music play!

 

And it would help if I could hear your voice!

If I saw your face…If I knew that you were real!

 

The long and winding road that brings you home.

It’s not far from me to you

I wait, I call, I’m reaching out, I’m believing

I’m sorry…I know it’s hard

Turn the lights out! Let the music play!

 

And if it helps, listen to your heart

Listen to my heart! Listen to the heart of things!

And if it helps, listen to your truth!

Listen to my truth! Listen to the truth of things!

And I would seek on the days I care,

If not for the pain, open up to you again.

And if it helps…

 

Copyright © Maeve Heaney-Verbum Dei 2003