What's a prayer?

For some, a prayer is an uttered plea.
For some, it's made on bended knee.
Some bow their heads and close their eyes;
Some plead upward toward the skies.

Fingers light candles with symbolic smoke,
Prayers are different for different folk.
God loves his children, every one.
He hears every prayer under the sun.

His answers too, come in different ways.
Some come with magnificent displays.
Some answers come as a call from a friend.
Sometimes, the answer that God does send
Is a feeling of warmth of tenderest peace
That couldn't be felt when upon my knees.

This I know, however I pray
God hears and understands my way
Of offering my prayer and asking from Him
My deepest desire when life seems most dim.