Prayer

By Helen Losse

10/26/2025 • View profile

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O My Jesus, I bow before You,

sinful & negligent. I speak & act

without giving either sufficient thought.

I am inconsistent & stray from

obedience; I sin. My heart wears a frown

where a smile should be.

Quiet my mind. Stomp on my pride.

Mold my soul: disturb my indifference.

Change my arrogance to humility.

Angels dance with sun & bright moon,

kiss human souls. Lord, hide me with

angels who will understand.

Sweet Jesus, hide me with those

angels of joy! Don’t let me die an

immature, cocooned star.

I’m most often content being eccentric —

maverick, obstinate, persistent, repeating

the same words like a broken record—

happy being a dandelion,

growing among yellow daisies. You use those

with willing hearts. You can transform me.

Is it I, Lord? Is it I You are willing to use?

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About the Author

Helen Losse

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A former English teacher, Helen Losse is the author of ten collections of poetry, including A Flower More Enduring (Main Street Rag, 2021). Her poems have been anthologized in Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont, The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VII: North Carolina, and Kakalak 2014, nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for a Best of the Net award. She is Poetry Editor Emeritus for The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature and a former Associate Poetry Editor for Kentucky Review. She is married and has two grown sons. A Christian her entire life, Helen entered the Catholic Church on Holy Saturday in 2015 to grow closer to Jesus.

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