PRAYER
by Julie
Pray for the children who grow up in a world
where death is at the doorstep.
Pray for the families who build their lives and
homes with hope in mind, only to be uprooted.
Pray for those whose lives have been overturned,
who do not know where to live or how to live.
Pray for those who risk death itself, holding only
the dream of a new land just ahead and a new hope.
Pray for those who are asleep to the suffering
of the world, who know only their own heartache.
Pray for those whose hearts are cold, who have
lost the belief in the possibility of love.
Pray for all whose minds and hearts are co-opted
by darkness, who seek instead of love, the victory
of their own false beliefs and their own false edicts.
May all be held in the arms of prayer.
May all be held in the arms of love.
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