covid prayer
September 21, 2020If I had wings
I would take off my shoes
and stand in soft grass and wriggle my toes.
I’d lift up my arms
and unfurl my wings
and breathe out the heaviness holding me in.
I’d breathe in the morning
and lift on a sigh
and throw off my mask and drink in the sky.
I’d rise on the voice
of an internet choir -
each note and each harmony lifting me higher.
I’d rise over sickness
and self-isolation;
I’d rise over soaping and hand sanitation.
I’d rise over boundaries
and borders and blame;
I’d rise over egos and errors and shame.
I’d rise over days
when the numbers went bad;
and days when my soul was just terribly sad.
I’d rise and I’d soar
and I’d laugh and I’d cry
and I’d stretch all our longings across the wet sky
with all our tomorrows and all of our tears -
and fears that we might be in lock-down for years!
if I just had wings….