Prayers of the First Man
“Lord of Light, with no hostility
Forge me as a sword of your tranquillity
To the kingdom of war, let me give a dove
Where there is hatred, let me give love
Where there is pain, let me offer forgiveness
Where there is depression, joyfulness
Where there is despair, let me bring hope and sight
In the empire of darkness, pure light”
The First Man, Wise Friend and Warrior of Might
Went down to the five kingdoms of night
“Unsurpassed Divinity of Light
May I have love as well as faith in the height
It is in giving that I receive
In sowing faith that I am graced to believe
Through loving my sons, I am loved with much rife
In pardoning, we are pardoned without strife
In death, we are reborn to eternal life”
With that, the tyrant prince was bound forever
Turn to the Light, so that your fetters may sever
I was inspired by meditating on the Prayer of St Francis of Assisi.
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