the disease unto death,
the profound illness,
circulates and permeates.
breathe in all the hurt and harm,
all the alarm,
all the fear, the great fear.
let it draw near.
be not afraid
it has been said.
when it is there,
right there,
take it in, deeply.
with arms outstretched.
let the devil’s deception
meet open palms reception.
fill your whole soul.
hold it, hold it, hold it
and then let the sin of
the world go
for the sake of the creation,
for the sake of your
brothers and sisters,
for the sake of jesus,
buddha, lao tzu
and, yes, of course, you, too.