"Practice resurrection." - Wendell Berry
This sabbath morning
dawns vibrant
with Tennessee birdsong
and sunshine.
It is a prayer
to the freshness
of possibility,
driving the past away.
Keep me safe
in the freshness
of now.
Let the brilliance
of this new day
carry me
toward better tomorrows.
Stop my hands
from wanting
to strangle the world.
Make me a vessel
brimming with
love and forgiveness
for those
who have hurt
and deserted me.
Touch their hearts
with the same.
Take the bitterness
from my lips,
the despair
from my heart.
Keep me safe,
redeem
and resurrect
my soul.
The world
is a burden
too heavy
to lift alone.
Give me the strength
to continue
this journey,
and along the way
to hear the birds,
feel the sun,
and smile.
- mce
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