What prayers do I say?
when I go to church today,
Forgive me for my coward ness,
I’ve been a coward I confess,
Or I’ve been too busy, too engaged,
while around me storms have raged,
Storms of evil forces, that needs breaking,
instead to flight I’m taking,
Close my eyes, so not to see,
I turn around instead, and flee,
Or pray forgiveness, please oh Lord,
while your true ways I aboard,
The easy way, that’s what I want,
then with your love I do abscond,
I heard you say the least among us,
this must be me, I am feeling thus,
For I sin, and sin, I just can’t win,
how could I be, your next of kin?
For you there stand in innocence and light,
while I wither thus in fright,
To help my fellow creatures in their blight,
from puppy mills, and slaughters ills,
the cruelties a book would fill,
The least among us, is my kin,
and yours; their neglect, that is my sin,
When will I stand and take the fight,
to those that cause your kinship blight,
Give me strength I ask of you,
please show me what to do,
But make it really soon,
the last of wolfs, calls to the moon,
the last stallion running free,
You made for him that great prairie,
The gruesome sport of killing meat,
for fun, or just to eat,
Those are skinned just for their fur,
in gruesome places does occur,
The drowning cesspools of our fish,
the last now served upon our dish,
The slaughter of our trees,
could you stop it please?
But I’m ashamed please do forgive,
again, that’s how I live,
Load my work upon your shoulders just once more,
as so oft I did before,
Forgive me, but I will change,
expand my scope my range,
See more, do more, then I did,
do my utmosts, do my bit?
Today I’ll start with this,
and every ass will kiss,
If just one line, one prayer small
my friends; their pens to arms I call.©28/01/2010
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