Forgive 
our frenzied pace, our strident steps
carving deep footprints in the earth

Forgetting 
we walk on holy ground.

Forgive
our fear of 
Silence, our endless 
noise and bluster

Drowning out the songs of birds,
the whisper of angel wings.

Forgive 
our endless striving to acquire 
and possess

Harvesting beyond the corners
but never being satisfied.

Forgive us 
for looking at a broken world
with tearless eyes

For desperately seeking love 
when Your love
has already been given.


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