Dear God
I come to you
to ask for your strength
I have cursed at you
denied you
taken your name in vain
and defiled your image
for a joke
Yet I stand before you now
pitifully
asking for help
Let me accept the failings
of others as readily
as I accept my own
Let the year 2006
be joyous and bountiful
Put an end to this cursed time
Show us the faces
of new leaders
who will atone for the sins
of the recent two presidents
and for the sins of all
born
of this corrupted, blasted generation
of fools
We have set our nation
and our children down a decadent path
May our children possess the strength
of character
and the desire
to heal their world
of this illness
Let us
end the division
of our country
Make us understand
that we are all together
as one
that our political and cultural
opponents
are not monsters
not morons
not criminals
any more than we are
They are people
who themselves
have reacted
to the decadence
of our wicked generation
in their own way
Different but not that different
Your son asked us
to learn from our abuse
by them
to turn the other cheek
away from this world
He asked us to exist
within the holy spirit
and exhorted us
to create God’s kingdom outside
of ourselves
in the world
to heal its pain
to heal their pain
to heal our pain
May we all
exhale the holy spirit
freely
upon our friends and enemies
alike
in 2006!
