Written after listening to a reading of "How to Pray While the World Burns" by Hill Ratzabi. https://lilith.org/2023/10/how-to-pray-while-the-world-burns/
Precious drops of life
We pray for ourselves
For others
For things we can't control
We pray for
peace
understanding
love
Oseh shalom bimromav,
May the one who makes peace in his high places
Hu ya'aseh shalom alienu
Make peace for all of us
Peace
Blessings
Memories
Gifts.
God, Goddess, overseeing being
What role do you have in my life?
What role do you have in the world?
Divine power?
Divine countenance?
Judge?
Guide?
Creator of everything?
Creator of nothing?
Planet earth is
revolving
Living beings are
evolving
Reality is
blurring.
The ground is real
I can feel it
I dig, walk, kick up dust and rocks.
The sky surrounds me
I see blue, gray, sun, clouds, moon, stars, purple, orange, black.
I reach out my hand and think I'm touching the sky
But all I feel is air
slipping
through my
fingers.
