A Prayer ~ A Litany ~ Our Time Together

April Poetry Month ~ Poem 16

A Litany

That we might be as one without offense.

That we might discover between us

Something of God and of man without pretense.

That we might overcome the snares, the pitfalls

To which we, as man, as woman

Are mortal heirs.

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Let not the claims of desire

Become disguised as need.

Let not the better intention

Fall before our innate weakness.

The night will come,

When we must know ourselves

Even in darkness.

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Let us not come away weeping

For shame or despair without defense

I would that of our final moments

We would cherish our knowing

And rejoice in our having been.

Amen.

©adavis-ahaverty 1986