For you who enter
the room, who measure
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the climate, who must be
witness, judge and shepherd,
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I pray
you will speak with care
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and listen
until your souls fill
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with all the wisdom we’ve gathered
in our holy stories.
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Erect no towers.
Waste no time babbling
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or fortifying walls
between voices.
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Mustn’t that narrow bridge
reach across time?
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Please strengthen it
for our children.
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Let it extend
over sky, sea and land
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in sustainable ways.
For you, whose hands
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carry the world’s burdens,
whose eyes scan the horizon
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without limit
from your summit,
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I pray for you,
for us.
