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Poems

A prayer

From the March 1981 issue of The Christian Science Journal


May the whole earth be deluged with light
like a sunburst in world thought,
filling the horizons everywhere:
By whatever name, whatever phrase,
in whatever tongue,
beyond all stalemate, above all creed—
oneness prevails,
reality presides,
ineluctable Principle governs.

May world-awakening unman the mainstays of resistance—
the fallacy of many minds,
the illogic of self-destiny—
transmute strongholds;
transpose walls of separation to
friendly containments where
Love is All-in-all,
chains of slavery meld to
bonds of unity and affection, and
prisons send forth seekers after light.

May the sun-bright summit of revelation—
oneness of Mind, infinitude of Life,
divine essence, Love—
be the cynosure of worldwide perception,
with peace at floodtide,
and joy a paean unending!

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