Purifying
Fasting
Praying
Offering
Preparing
Sacrificing
Thanking
Praising
Lighting the incense
Preparing the lamps
Honoring ancestors
Asking forgiveness
Asking for blessing
Begging forgiveness
Begging for healing
Asking a blessing for our Nation
More purification
Contemplation in solitude
Listening for the still small voice.
I made this day a sacred day.
I tuned out the noise
And listened to the music that moves my spirit vertical
Purifying the temple of my home
Its most inner sanctums
Purifying the temple of my heart
Casting out and cutting off
the toxins and impurities
that have seeped out of the
darkest corners of hell
and onto a world stage
where the light is less kind
and their ugliness can be seen
by those who have eyes to see.
Begging for healing.
— Create in me a pure heart —
— Make me an instrument of your peace —
Seeking knowledge, wisdom, vision
Seeking answers
has not brought me peace.
will not bring me peace.
Begging forgiveness for my folly
for my hubris.
Acknowledging my boundless blessings
Here I am.
thank you sweet angel
This is beautiful, Sharon. It’s a good day. ;->