When the Heart Kneels: Poems on Prayer, Faith, and Devotion

By Leila Rumi

When the Heart Kneels is a lyrical pilgrimage through memory, longing, and devotion-an intimate collection where faith is woven into the fabric of a life shaped by home, childhood, departure, and the quiet ache of growing up. In these pages, Leila Rumi gathers the fragile pieces of nostalgia and holds them to the light, revealing how the places we leave never quite release us, and how the prayers we whisper become the architecture of our becoming.

Across sixty poems, this book meditates on the tenderness of early mornings, the echo of prayers spoken in small rooms, the sweetness and sorrow of remembering who we once were, and the quiet resilience discovered in kneeling before all that life continues to give and take. Rumi explores the soul's intimate conversations-those whispered between the heart and the divine, between the past and the present, between the person who left home and the one still searching for it.

Whether she is writing of cracked childhood tiles, the weight of a suitcase filled with memories, or the silent rebellion of a healing heart, each poem is an offering: gentle, contemplative, and deeply human. This collection invites readers into a sacred space-one where longing is honored, wounds are tended to with grace, and even the breaking becomes a form of prayer.

For anyone who has loved deeply, left reluctantly, or prayed in the quiet hours for a way forward, When the Heart Kneels is a tender companion-a testament to the possibility of reconciliation, the endurance of faith, and the small miracles that happen when the heart finally bows toward light.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G46JPNL8
• ISBN13: 9798276259246
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"