The Lord’s Prayer — 12 lines to make a revolution
There is no greater revolution
than one won unarmed
The greatest truths cannot
be said in words
Every word is fraught with baggage
it collects
Words become a barrier to next
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You see this prayer was not meant
to be locked in a religion
No more than Jesus was intended to
be frozen in a creed
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Universal goodness is
embedded in us all
A universal prayer should be
our universal call
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Twelve lines declare
that heaven is
goodness made real here
Hallowed is the holy one
a friend who holds us dear
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Twelve lines declare all should be fed
all wrong confessed
Twelve lines give freedom in exchange
we cancel wrongs of all
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Twelve lines warn us of freedom’s toll
when we are led astray
Deliverance from evil is
escaping harm’s lost way
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This is a prayer that heals and mends
and leads us to glory
It is a universal way to be
a chapter in that story
