No Dreamer But Thy Dream

Prayer

Master, they say that when I seem
    To be in speech with you,
Since you make no replies, it's all a dream
    --One talker aping two.

They are half right, but not as they
    Imagine; rather, I
Seek in myself the things I meant to say
    And lo! the wells are dry.

Then, seeing me empty, you forsake
    The Listener's role, and through

My dead lips breathe and into utterance wake
    The thoughts I never knew.

And thus you neither need reply
    Nor can;thus, while we seem
Two talking, thou art One forever, and I
    No dreamer, but thy dream

~Taken from James Gordon's "Living Wittily" blog.

Said to be written by CS Lewis, and another  source says he quoted it from an old notebook of an unknown author. But either way, the style is very much like his own. It is mentioned in "A Sacrifice of Praise" by James H Trott and in "CS Lewis: An Examined Life" by Bruce L Edwards.

At times our prayers seem to go unanswered and it brings no glory or honour to anyone. But Lewis' prayer is a reminder that the prayer is powerful though we see no major change. God would eventually, "through my dead lips breathe and into utterance wake / the thoughts I never knew." He would provide a new perspective. I have had the privilege of hearing someone else' POV on sth I felt important and realised I was looking at things the wrong way. Thank God she said what I needed to hear or I would be brooding in bitterness.