We Pray

~Leslie

We pray.
No more raping of the earth.
Feel the wind as it sweeps
across the sand.
Hear the ocean’s roar
Taste it’s salt.
See the mountains
Silent and dignified
Stretching into the sky.

We pray.
No more raping of the children.
Let them bite into a fruit
Race barefoot into the summer’s night.
The miracle began
with their birth.

We pray.
No more raping of women.
Standing as they are
Greeting the day
Keepers of the fire.
Honor them.

We pray.
No more raping of men.
Standing as they are
Greeting the day
Keepers of the fire.
Honor them.

We pray.
No more raping of
the four legged,
the winged creatures,
the swimmers.

We pray
for our political leaders.