Just let me find a little cool shade in that searing heat of the day
If
we could only sit out for a moment in the morning, when the sun feels
so good
Give
us a brief chance to listen carefully to the vast background silence
Allow
me just a minute to sort through all these layers of confusion
Let
me awake slowly with you to the tinkling music of that little stream
I
really want to hear the evergreens sighing in the wind, once again
Maybe
the opportunity to come in for a moment, out of the long cold rain
We
are searching for the places that we want to be able to look back
upon with smiles
Grant
me brief instants of a cosmic awareness, even though I do not
understand them
Don’t
let me give up all of my consciousness to their colorfully
manufactured illusions
Show
me how to make a lasting peace simply, and within my own habitat
Let
us at least try to leave things at least as intact as they were
handed to us
I
need to see the value of sweet water, clean air and un-profaned food
Help
me to spread peace without using the same tired old sales techniques
I
need to de-emphasize greed, but not with some slick marketing
campaign
Let
us dilute all our problems by vastly reducing our own numbers
Teach
me how to contemplate and plan instead of simply reacting with the
Quick and Dirty
Help
me arise early and pull my thoughts together in my own good time
Make
sure that we can actually believe there is a real meaning to our
daily work
Let
me be ready to fight as well as to know when it’s time to
contemplate
Allow
us to rejuvenate quietly in the special places we have preserved
Grant
us a strong faith but help us to cast off the moldy beliefs of the
past
Force
the incredible shortness of our existence deep into my conscience
When
my turn comes, let me begin teaching that I might really start to
learn
Just
let me be there once when a much-needed rain begins falling at last
Help
us be rid of these implanted desires for items we do not need
Maybe
to throw off this false doctrine of man in a continuous struggle
against nature
Allow
me to slowly find clarity during the gathering of the few dawns I
will see
Bring
us back from the edge of this abyss trembling, but with a new vision
Give
elders good experiences that their children may seek them out with
respect
Shatter
the myth that mass blind individual greed ensures humanity’s
happily ever after
Let
us enjoy simply remaining quiet even when we might make extra noise
Teach
us to stay out of debt and thus run the grasping usurers out of
business
Demonstrate
the falseness of the scourge that is the marketing myth of
disposability
Grant
us an appreciation for the people and technologies that make society
possible
Awaken
us with fond memories of dreams that shed real light upon our waking
lives
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