We are a global community
We travel from here to there
Country to country
Sharing the good and the bad
In this time of trial by disease
We are learning…
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Learning what smaller populations
Have lived and do live through
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Learning what developing nations
Know and have known for too long
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We have been arrogant and blind
We have been prideful and weak
We have forgotten the past
We have neglected the future
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And now we must atone for our sins
We must pay the price for not caring
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Creator of all, we seek your protection
Even as You are showing us the error of our ways
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Your methods are harsh
Perhaps because we failed to listen
You have tried to wake us from stupor
Yet we consistently preferred to doze
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Now, we are awake
Now, we must listen
Now, we can see the truth
Now, we acknowledge that our lives are in your hands
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Treat us mercifully
Bless us with courage
Bring us strength
Be loving in your convictions
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You, who creates the day
Who brings about the night
Please bring an end
To this darkest of nights
And return us to the daylight
Of Your way and Your commandments
