A Psalm

“I will take the sun in my mouth

and leap into the ripe air

Alive

with closed eyes

to dash against darkness”

― E.E. Cummings

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I will rail against the darkness

though the forces of evil

the forces of greed and hate

are powerful

yet will I stand in defiance

the liars

the manipulators

may win

the oppressors may trod

on women

and trample minorities under foot

yet will I stand

and look to the mountains

and the sky

and breathe deep

the sacred Presence

and I will know

peace

for the Presence

the love of the Sacred one

is as eternal as the mountain

and as big

as the sky

and as close as my breath