Saturday, May 19, 2012

May it be Beautiful

                             

                              PRAYER

  Dark young pine, at the center of the earth originating,
I have made your sacrifice.
Whiteshell, turquoise, abalone beautiful,
Jet beautiful, fool's gold beautiful, blue pollen beautiful,
Reed pollen, pollen beautiful, your sacrifice I have made.
This day your child I have become, I say.

Watch over me.
Hold your hand before me in protection.
Stand guard for me, speak in defense of me.
As I speak for you, speak for me.
May it be beautiful before me.
May it be beautiful behind me.
May it be beautiful below me.
May it be beautiful above me.
May it be beautiful all around me.

I am restored in beauty.
I am restored in beauty.
I am restored in beauty.
I am restored in beauty.


           anonymous navajo 19th century
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4 comments:

  1. sallyMay 20, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    i could have sworn
    i left a comment here last night

    something about
    this being a beautiful poem
    although it might be
    redundant to say that

    and something on

    the value of this reminder
    to be attentive to beauty

    i suppose perhaps i didn't pass
    the robot test

    i will try harder this time

    i am not a robot
    i am made human in beauty

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  2. stuMay 20, 2012 at 10:05 AM

    This reminds me of the prayer imbedded in St. Patrick's breastplate:


    Christ be with me, Christ within me,
    Christ behind me, Christ before me,
    Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
    Christ to comfort and restore me.
    Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
    Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
    Christ in hearts of all that love me,
    Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

    God speaks to all people at all times. Sometimes, he reminds us.

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  3. AnonymousMay 20, 2012 at 10:41 AM

    a comment came through to me by way of email
    but evidently it didn't pass muster
    for the comment box

    our lives are as if
    glitches ruled the day

    thanks to the both of you
    i'm getting a poetry feed from soem strange source
    i never signed up for it
    but one comes to me almost every day

    we are duly reminded
    of beauty

    !

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  4. jhMay 20, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    sally's first comment:

    at the risk of being redundant i will say:
    beautiful poem

    it is good to be reminded
    to be attentive to beauty

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