Prayer for Love to Stay

Annie Pieadadi D'Costa | 08/26/2025

Love,
don’t slip through my fingers
like sand I can’t hold.
Don’t vanish into silence
while I’m still calling Your name.

If You must burn,
then burn me too.
But don’t burn out.
Don’t leave me with ashes
where a flame once danced.

Love,
I’ve seen how fragile hearts can fracture,
how promises grow thin,
how “forever” can taste like “forgotten.”
But You—
You are not fragile.
You are the pulse behind every breath,
the vow that doesn’t break,
the forever that doesn’t fade.

So if I lose everything else,
don’t let me lose You.
If storms take,
if people leave,
if even I run out of strength to hold on—
then hold me.

Stay.
Not as a guest,
not as a visitor,
but as the very marrow in my bones.

Because without You, Love,
there is no me.
And with You,
there is no end.

So I’m not just asking, God.
I’m begging.
Stay.
Stay, Love.
Stay.

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About the Author

Annie Pieadadi D'Costa

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A poet, author, and faith writer who believes words can heal what silence hides. My poetry collections — Inked Emotions, Scattered Feelings Stitched in Ink, and Love Beyond Loss — were born out of seasons of grief, solitude, and deep reflection.

Here on Catholic365, I’ve been humbled to share reflections that have reached hundreds of readers. I write not from a place of perfection, but from a longing to make sense of love, loss, and the quiet ways God speaks into our lives.

Whether it’s a poem, a story, or a small reflection, my hope is that you feel seen, encouraged, and gently reminded that faith isn’t always loud — sometimes it’s found in the waiting, the falling, the starting again.

You can find more of my work at https://about.me/anniedcosta