A Message from Everett+
“I believe [this] states perfectly what we should be trying to become.
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Spencer LaJoye “Plowshare Prayer”
Plowshare Prayer
Dear blessed creator, dear mother, dear savior Dear father, dear brother, dear holy other
Dear sibling, dear baby, dear patiently waiting Dear sad and confused, dear stuck and abused
Dear end-of-your-rope, dear worn out and broke, Dear go-it-alone, dear running from home
Dear righteously angry, forsaken by family Dear jaded and quiet, dear tough and defiant
I pray that I’m heard And I pray that this works
I pray if a prayer has been used as a sword against you
and your heart, against you and your word I pray that this prayer is a plowshare, of sorts
that it might break you open, it might help you grow
I pray that your body gets all that it needs and if you don’t want healing,
I just pray for peace I pray that your burden gets lighter each day
I pray the mean voice in your head goes away I pray that you honor the grief as it comes
I pray you can feel all the life in your lungs I pray that if you go all day being brave
that you can go home, go to bed feeling safe I pray you’re forgiven, I pray you forgive
I pray you set boundaries and openly live I pray that you feel you are worth never leaving
I pray that you know I will always believe you I pray that you’re heard
and I pray that this works
Amen on behalf of the last and the least, on behalf of the anxious, depressed, and unseen
Amen for the workers, the hungry, the houseless Amen for the lonely and recently spouseless
Amen for the queers and their closeted peers Amen for the bullied who hold in their tears
Amen for the mothers of little Black sons Amen for the kids who grow up scared of guns
Amen for the addicts, the ashamed and hungover Amen for the calloused, the wizened, the sober
Amen for the ones who want life to be over Amen for the leaders who lose their composure
Amen for the parents who just lost their baby Amen for the chronically ill and disabled
Amen for the children down at the border Amen for the victims of our law and order
I pray that you’re heard and I pray that this works
I pray if a prayer has been used as a sword against you and your heart,
against you and your word, I pray that this prayer is a plowshare, of sorts
