ceremonial prayer

dedicated to Merl Mews & Jack Gardner

beyond all vast magnitudes
and utmost humility
beyond life and death
with gratitude and charity

You imbue love’s imaginings
and boundless opportunity

to serve most faithfully
and express expansively
to endure time’s seasons
and dimensions of space

respectful in being
of person of place
hopeful in seeding
your bounty and grace

I ask for your blessings
your sound and your taste
your plentiful aid
your glorious trace

your everyday prayer
your peace valley base
your breath beyond breath
your intelligent face