Prayer of Light

Plants only have two choices 
to grow or to decay 
as long as they grow more leaves 
than what decays 
they are still here 
growing to the light 
reaching up to the sun 
without any deterrent 
they thrive. 

We are here like plants  
and with every breath 
We are meant to grow and thrive. 

                                                                                           As long as there is light, 
                                                                                                    we will let it shine. 
                                                                           We were always meant to thrive. 

Birds have a song 
they sing and huddle in windows, branches, 
any doorway or echoing archway 
between stars and dawn 
seeking just a breeze to take flight 
to their future 
and as they fly, we breathe. 

I breathe, 
Therefore I am. 

                                                                                           As long as there is light, 
                                                                                                    we will let it shine. 
                                                                           We were always meant to thrive. 

Bread rises with a little warmth 
some of us even have a mother starter dough 
to yield endless loaves 
Some of us prefer rice
a little steam fattens dry seeds into many meals 
if we have bread, if we have rice 
we are meant to survive 
with bellies that can be full 
know the sun feeds us 

We grow more than enough to 
feed all the children. 

                                                                                           As long as there is light, 
                                                                                                    we will let it shine. 
                                                                           We were always meant to thrive. 

Love is ever present when we share food 
Love is ever present when we see people pet a stranger’s dog 
Love is ever present when we sit together and listen to each other’s stories 
Love is ever present when we simply care. 

Little moments promise that love will not vanish. 
When love is ever present 
we do not need to be afraid 
because love, like light, welcomes us. 

Love lets us speak and be seen. 
We do not need to be silent. 

                                                                                           As long as there is light, 
                                                                                                    we will let it shine. 
                                                                           We were always meant to thrive. 

                                                                 As long as there is light, 
                                                                           we will let it shine. 
                                                  We were always meant to thrive. 

                                      As long as there is light, 
                                                we will let it shine. 
                      We were always meant to thrive.