Thursday, November 24, 2022

Prayers in gratitude

May the apple limbs hang low with rosy-checked apples.
May the geese have joy in their journey and solace at its end.
May the snow fly thick.
May the springs flow full and the rivers run free.
May the earth forgive our trespasses against it.
May we give the earth time to lick its wounds and recover.
May we never silence another living voice.
May the trees grow tall and the flowers spread their colors over the meadows.
May the songbirds fill the woods as of old.
May the owls meet in parliaments outside my bedroom window for years to come.
May the ospreys fish with abundance and the fish swim in the shadows.
May there be increasing pockets of silence form machines.
May the plastic be cleaned from the seas.
May the summers be cooler.
May the winters be colder.
May the autumns be brighter.
May spring be always the season of joy.
May the oceans stay cold and the glaciers hold their shapes.
May the chickens range free.
May the cows eat grass.
May the lambs cavort in pastures.
May the pigs live in peace.
May every queen bee have her hive.
May every goose find her gander, ever billy his nanny, every hind her hart.
May the rhinoceros live to see another century and more.
May the stars shine bright in clear skies.
May the dolphins play and the whales sound the deep in peace.
May the eagle's eye be sharp, the deer's ear keen, and the bear's nose honed to every odor in the woods.
May the wilds stay forever wild.
May the world and all its living beings thrive and prosper.


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