I left the words they gave me The ones that asked me to disappear I kept the quiet questions And the faith that stayed right here I stopped begging for forgiveness From rooms that never heard my name And slowly, in the silence I learned how to pray again Not on my knees in fear Not asking to be changed But standing in my body Calling love by its real name This is where I learned to pray again Without shame, without disguise If God is anything at all He lives behind my eyes I don't lower my head in terror I don't hide my desire I pray by staying honest I pray by staying alive I've felt the sacred in your laughter In the way my breath slows down In love that doesn't ask permission In truth that doesn't make a sound I don't need walls or altars To know I'm not alone The miracle is staying present In this body, in this tone I used to think belief was distance Something far above my skin Now faith feels like attention To the life I'm living in This is where I learned to pray again No fear written in my chest If heaven needs my silence It will have to wait I don't trade love for approval I don't bleed to be forgiven I pray by loving who I am And letting that be enough If there is a voice that made me It never asked me to disappear This is where I learned to pray again With my hands open wide If God is love without conditions Then I'm already inside I don't kneel to be smaller I stand to stay aligned This is where I learned to pray again By loving my own life This is where I learned to pray again With my hands open wide If God is love without conditions Then I'm already inside I don't kneel to be smaller I stand to stay aligned This is where I learned to pray again By loving my own life Amen Not spoken Felt