Prayer
Rebel
damn it we want to sing
and climb mountains
burn petrol
and pluck flowers
swim in the lake
eat
and smile
fight
and make babies
not sit with our eyes closed.
Grace
Banish me not into a dim darkness
That my belly shall starve
And in its sharp emptiness
Stimulate a flow of praise
More fitting to thine munificence
Oh Lord!
For I am already full of gratitude
And want an egg for breakfast…
Clarion
Hallowed be thy name
So roundly sounds
Thy richly tempered
Bell of joy
Hallowed be thy name
So vastly grows
Thy cathedral space
Within my heart
Prayer
Mind maker,
Giver of space and time,
Find another dimension
To get me out of here!
Gods
Seaborne Aphrodite
and the Gods on high Olympus scan
Both the Heavens
and the flat and mundane world of man:
How different the endless vision of the Gods,
From that of us poor mortal sods.
The Lord's Prayer
Our big bang
Who art the beginning
Hallowed be thy laws
Thy Universe come
Thy will be done
Give us this day our three gunas
And protect our wave function from collapse
As it was in the beginning
Is now
And always will be.
Aummmm
Oh Let Me Abide With Thee
Sitting at the kitchen table.
Let me have some fish for tea,
With some bread and butter.
Let the wife knit by the fire.
Let the bills be paid with something left,
For tomorrow’s tea.
Let the kids be out to play,
Let the clouds be blown away.
Let the clock not tick too loudly.
Let my prayers be heard by God.
Let him grant my deepest wishes,
Let my life be completed.
Let me have my cake and eat it,
Let me have the peace that makes it,
Beyond my understanding,
Oh let me abide with Thee.