Ribbono Shel Olam, Merciful One,Â
Please join me in prayer,
Comfort me,Â
Before I am used up and done.
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I call out to You,
As I shed a tear,Â
My patience is wearing thin,
And, I fear, I am through.
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I sit here… waiting.
I pace back and forth… waiting.
I lie here… waiting.
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I sit here… crying.
I pace back and forth… crying.
I lie here… crying.
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Waiting to go there.
Waiting for the call.
Waiting for the site to refresh
Waiting… Please God,
To again breatheÂ
Some familiar air.
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Crying…Â
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No one answering my calls,
Perhaps not even
You.
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I am waiting, My Friend,
For my turn,
For my ticket out,
For this all to comeÂ
To some sort of end.
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I am crying, My God,
For the pain of a year lost,
Waiting to join together
To bring an end to all of this nonsense
Which, to be honest,
Has just been so very odd.
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Every shot, every day,
Blesses us,
Blesses us,
Moving us,
One step closer,
Yet, with each additional day,
I still feel like the endÂ
Is so so so far away.
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Hear me, please, Oh God!
I am waiting, God,
I am crying…
I need hope,
I need patience,
I need some of your
Divine Love
As I wait to be vaccinated.
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So, Ribbono Shel Olam,Â
Merciful One,Â
To you I pray,
Today as on all days.
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I pray for laboratories and factories
That they be efficient and clean.
I pray for good salaries for all the workers
Who have taken on the holy task
Of bringing the vaccine to me.
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I pray for well functioning government,
And websites that are fully prepared.
I pray for lots of tech support,
And access for all of us,
Including those who are impaired.
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I pray for a short line,Â
For a dose for everyone with an appointment,
And even more for all those in need
Because we all know it isn’t just me
Who is important.
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I pray for all of us,
That our dayÂ
Not be, please God,
Too far away.
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So, God, help me to be patient,
To keep joy and hope in my heart,
As I wait for my turn
To receive this blessed medical agent.
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To soon see those I loveÂ
And to always serve as Your agent
Of Divine Love.
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