Sing Hallelujah - a poem for Thanksgiving

Sing praise and

shout hallelujah,

as bullets sing their siren song

and death is never far;

and sing praise

while fires rage and

children fall silent

behind barbed wire fences, and

children fall silent

with bellies distended, and

children fall silent

as their homes are devoured,

and they race against monsters and time.

Sing praise, for the monsters are winning.

Free the captive.

Feed the hungry.

Give shelter to those in need.

This is my song,

this praises my name -

Be kind.

Work for peace.

Hallelujah!

Hope is an action.

Pray with your feet.

Hallelujah!

Lift your eyes and see God

In the eyes of the other.

Hallelujah!

All the earth is holy ground.

The bush burns,

do you not see?

Open your eyes -

there are such wonders!

Open your heart -

there is such love!

Sing hallelujah!

This is my bounty.

This the glory.

For this we give thanks.

For the richness of life,

And the jagged edges that cut

and draw blood,

And the beauty

In the sound of rain

and silence,

We give thanks.

For the Creator of eternity

and time,

Who calls to us in darkness

and light,

In our hunger

And our want,

We give thanks.

For the fullness,

For the stones that bite

And the bedrock upon which we stand,

For the hands that lift us,

And the song that fills us

We give thanks.

For our breath,

For our bodies

For the grace of  healing,

And the blessing of light,

So that we can taste the sweet,

The sharp,

The weary,

Lonely,

Lovley

Holiness of this day

Sing hallelujah

And give thanks.