I've written some haiku. I once had some published in a newspaper but it wasn't because I was special--they just asked people to send in haiku to celebrate the local Cherry Blossom Festival. After that I got into writing it some to relieve stress at work.

I liked yours but when I read it I thought prayer was two syllables which would mean you had six. The dictionaries I found had it as one. I had to get in the habit of counting syllables correctly. Took me a while. After all, once I get past two, counting gets harder LOL.

I did some internet research and it can get pretty complicated. I still can't figure out if it is right or proper to make clauses extend beyond one line. I don't worry about it much though. I liked yours.

When I am oppressed
Songwriter forums like this
Are my sweet relief