Gently Back

Help us

to see through

all that has

blinded us

from ourselves

and each other.

Remind us of

our true strength

and beauty.

Teach us to honor

both our wholeness

and our brokenness.

Quiet our hearts

and guide us

gently back

to this place

of neutrality —

if only for a moment,

if only in

our own hearts.

Amen