In the lighting of the lamp,
the first act of my day,
O Christ our God,
may my spirit be lifted,
my soul be awakened,
the inner monologue of
fears and dark thoughts be calmed,
my resistant energies be healed.
Then reassured in seated silence
(and my secret wish whispered
that you would reveal yourself
to this fractured planet
in a great biblical ferment)
I will trust — today will be all right.
