Someday
I hope
We will raise prayers
No longer wet
With the sacrificial blood
Of children killed by guns
And violence
And hunger
And neglect
And hate.
Some day
We will care
More for health
Than test scores
More for housing
Than lawns
More for queer families
Than breaking hearts
More for disabled people
Than helping porn and “self-advocacy”
More for people of color
Than trumped up blame, hushed up histories, and subjugation.
Some day God,
The kin(g)dom
Will sneak up
On us
Like a cool breeze
On a hot day.
Like dew
On the lawn
Like a rainbow
Coming into focus
And we will all be Beloved neighbors there!
I’m standing in you
And your promise Jesus.
Because at the end
Of the day
Isn’t that what prayer is?
So I’m standing here
Breathing another one
Another prayer
For your collection
Put it on your heart please.
Amen.
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