giver of hope,
walk among those
who see no possibility
of a life unscarred by violence
bringer of light
sit down beside those
who see only darkness
and have barely a candle flame
bestower of love
carry the ones
who can no longer walk
without stumbling over grief
sender of peace
come to those
who walk continually
on the shards of war
that litter our world
give hope, bring light, bestow love victorious
send peace
O God of peace,
on this our day of remembrance.
walk among those
who see no possibility
of a life unscarred by violence
bringer of light
sit down beside those
who see only darkness
and have barely a candle flame
bestower of love
carry the ones
who can no longer walk
without stumbling over grief
sender of peace
come to those
who walk continually
on the shards of war
that litter our world
give hope, bring light, bestow love victorious
send peace
O God of peace,
on this our day of remembrance.
***
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
- Lawrence Binyon, For the Fallen
