Time To Pray; A Poem

I got up early one morning,

And rushed right into the day;

I had so much to accomplish,

That I didn't take time to pray;

Problems just tumbled about me,

And heavier came each task,

'Why doesn't G-d help me,' I wondered.

He answered, 'You didn't ask.'

I wanted to see joy and beauty,

But the day toiled on, gray and bleak;

I wondered why G-d didn't show me,

He said, 'But you didn't seek.'

I tried to come into G-d's presence;

I used all my key to the lock.

G-d gently and lovingly chided,

'My child, you didn't knock.'

I awoke so early this morning,

And paused before entering the day;

I had so much to accomplish,

That I had the time to pray."