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Daily Prayers
by Sunita Fernandes
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Feb. 24, 2004; 10:00am Springtime Tubobeia It's springtime in Bangalore, and On Chowdaiah Road you see a Riot of yellow. Tubobeia in full bloom. There's not a spot of green, only Yellow Bursting forth from every Twig on every branch. Sunflower yellow, thick milky Turmeric yellow. Yellow that exalts Your Name, Lord. It is beauty that I Sometimes cannot fully Behold with My mortal eyes. You, Creator of all things, You also created me. Teach me Lord, to Reach for that beauty within. And having done that, to shine a Bright Yellow that is My very own. Feb. 26, 2004; 9:00am On Knowledge & Wisdom Lord, this construction of Fly-overs all over Bangalore. The scooping of top-soil by earth movers, The uprooting of majestic avenue trees, The scraping of insignificant weeds and wildflower plants. The desecration of the Earth, the plunder, The destruction of all that You so lovingly created. But Lord, I wonder if You see it the way I do. Instead, are you looking Down on mankind, and Seeing the advancement in Knowledge and understanding, Taking delight in allowing Man to Discover and invent all that You already know? Feb. 27, 2004; 9:10am Development & Need Lord, I noticed something today on my way to work. The most squalid slums in the city Are lined up along the railway track. Feb. 29, 2004; 7:15am Innocence Busted At Mass today, my eyes Locked with Innocence. The bright, Trusting, dark-as-pitch eyes of a 2-year-old. I looked and Innocence turned away Shyly, unable to hold the gaze of Maturity. Of Wordly Knowing. Thank you, Lord, for Showing me the Innocence that I was A long time ago. And the ugliness now within. Teach me to go back and Lock eyes with my very own Universe inside of me, and Learn once again, With all the trusting simplicity Of a 2-year-old. |
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