Each Living Creature is a Prayer

Rev. Jeffrey Symynkywicz, January 12, 2003

Each living creature is a prayer
that God’s own self does speak,
an ushering forth of holy breath,
wise, whole, and elegant.

And we, no less in our abodes,
than kings of holy birth,
our very selves are sacred writ,
a song the heavens sing.

Our very being with one another
is a holy history, a mystery
unspoken, nonetheless true:
a meeting of god with god.

So when we greet each other
on this wearied way through life,
let us bow before that other god,
this holy moment, our sacred birth.

Bow and embrace the glory of it all:
the joy that lifts, the pain that transcends;
bow, be still, and know at last
the humble honor of being on this earth.

jbs
7/9/02 - 1/12/03

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