when prayers never seem to be enough

when prayers never seem to be enough.
when shaking the tree leaves something to be desired
and the world looks different from what we thought that it should be.

is this the way that we would have planned our lives.
is this the way that we are called to live.
we need to love more
to pray more
to give of ourselves more
to try and make it all real
just one last time
one last day
one more hour.

sometimes all that it takes is just one more prayer.