AN OPEN PRAYER
AN OPEN PRAYER
BLESSED BE THE GIFTED ONES
OF LIFE AND LOVE AND SORROW
BLESSED BE THEIR TORRID WAYS
THAT BLEED INTO TOMORROW
BLESSED BE THE LIGHT THAT SHINES
AND CASTS ITS HOLY GRACE
BLESSED BE THE ONES WHO WEEP
WITH SUCH LIGHT UPON THEIR FACE
BLESSED BE THE GIFTED ONES
WHO CARRY WITH THEM PAIN
BLESSED BE THE SCARES THAT BURN
N’ER QUENCHED BY LOVE OR RAIN
BLESSED BE THE MINDS THAT THINK
AND GIVE TO MAN HIS WOES
BLESSED BE THE ONES WHO SEE
THE GIFTED FROM THEIR FOES
BLESSED BE THE DIFFERENT ONES
THE ONES WHO SHED THEIR TEAR
FOR LOSS OF LOVE, OR LIVES UNLIVED
OR BATTLES WITH THEIR FEAR
BLESSED BE THE ONES MY LORD
WHOSE GIFTS ARE FAR TOO GREAT
TO PLEASE THE MASSES OF A WORLD
WHERE THOUGHT IS RULED BY HATE
BLESSED BE THE CHANCE FORSAKEN
OR THE LOVE THAT´S GONE ASTRAY
BLESSED BE THE BURDEN, GUILT
FROM LOVE THAT´S PUSHED AWAY
BLESSED BE THE SISTERS, LORD
OF ALL THOSE LEFT TO SING
IN CHORUS OF UNSPOKEN TRUTH
THE HARMONY THEY CAN BRING
BLESSED BE THE POUNDING HEART
THAT SEARCHES ENDLESSLY
WITH EMPTY TORTURED LONELINESS
THE TWIN THAT BEATS IN ME
BLESSED BE THE GIFTS, MY LORD
ALL TALENTS AND ALL THOUGHT
BLESSED BE THE LIVES ONCE SHARED
AND LOVE THAT THEY HATH BROUGHT
BLESSED BE MY LIFE OH LORD
THE ONE YOU GRANTED ME
BLESSED BE MY LIVELIHOOD
IT IS MY DESTINY
BLESSED BE ALL THE THINGS
WHICH I HAVE SEEN AND DONE
BLESSED BE YOUR COVENANT
TO LOVE ME AS A SON
BLESSED BE THE ONES WHO PRAY
EACH NIGHT AND EVERY DAY
SO,
BLESSED BE THE HEARTS THAT ACHE
BLESSED BE THE GRIEF THEY TAKE
BLESSED BE THE ONES CALLED STRANGE
BLESSED BE THE WINDS OF CHANGE
BLESSED BE THE PASSION FELT
BLESSED BE WHAT FATE HAS DEALT
BLESSED BE THE HANDS IN NEED
BLESSED BE THE MOUTHS WE FEED
BLESSED BE OUR MUFFLED CRIES
BLESSED BE THE SOUL THAT DIES
BUT LORD:
BLESSED BE THE GIFTED ONES
AND ALL THE TEARS THAT THEY’VE WEPT
BLESSED BE THE LOSS I’VE SEEN
AND PROMISES UNKEPT

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