God of day and night
In the great poem of creation
we read that we
were considered very good
and you
find glory
in us...
Breathe in us
just like you always do
and renew us
with every twilight
with every morning
with every encounter
with every opportunity
Padraig O
Tuama
________________________
each day Lord
is like an assault
each day the hate and fear
the enmity and cruelty
suck the breath out of me
until I am suffocating
gasping
failing
breathe on me breath of God
fill me with the love I need to live
help me find that original blessing in myself
help me see it in others
even as the forces of darkness and evil
close around us
like the cold deadly grip of the sea
help us walk on water
with our eyes on you
until we reach the far shore
where diverse nations, cultures, races, genders,
and faiths
will live without dispute
transformed by Love
until we arrive at that place
where we will beat our guns into plowshares
and children will no longer have to look to the sky for
bombs
where nation will not take up violence against nation
nor train for war anymore.
but the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
and love will enfold us
as the waters cover the sea.
(Thanks to Isaiah and Habakkuk)
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