Prayers

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I cry to Thee
and
Thou
dost not answer
me.
[Job 30:20]
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(Clasp soft hands together.)
"Dear Lord,
please heal my
Daddy.
(Close eyes real tight.)
(Small lip trembles.)
(Whimper.)
And....bless all the people
all over the world.
(Childish sigh.)
Especially....
those at home.
Amen."
(Go to sleep.)

[SILENCE.]

(Childishly waiting.)

[SILENCE.]

(Childishly hoping.)

[SILENCE.]

(Feverishly waiting for
Daddy to come home.)

[SILENCE.]

(Childish sigh.)

[SILENCE.]

(Childish tears.)

[SILENCE.]

(Devastated silence.)

[SILENCE.]
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(Thirty years of silence.)
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"Uh.......Lord?
Eh.....do You REMEMBER ME?"

[SILENCE.]

"Yeah.
(Cynical snort.)
Just what I figured."

[SILENCE.]

"I was RIGHT."

[SILENCE.]

"Umph.
(Cynical frown.)
(Roll eyes sarcastically.)
I can't BELIEVE these
OTHER people
BELIEVE in Him!"

[SILENCE.]

"They are SO STUPID!"

[SILENCE.]

"YEAH?
Well........ta'
HECK with YOU!"
(Make a fist.)
(Push fist at the air.)
Well.....
(Tears stream down face.)
Go to HELL!"

[SILENCE.]
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(Ten years of silence.)
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"Hey......LORD?"

[SILENCE.]

"Whatcha' DOIN'
up THERE?"

[SILENCE.]

"YEAH?
Well........I'm a little OLDER
and WISER,
NOW!"

[SILENCE.]

"THIS time......I'm gonna
keep PESTERIN' YOU!
Until.......You ANSWER me!"

[SMILE.]
[NOD.]

"So THERE!"
(Make fist with a hand
a little toughened by age.)
(Punch fist up at the ceiling.)

[GENTLE SMILE.]
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O God,
Thou art
my God,
I seek Thee,
my soul
thirsts
for Thee;
my flesh faints
for Thee,
as in
a dry
and weary land
where
no water is.
[Psalms 63:1]

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