Let’s say.
Let’s say high,
kneeling down,
weeping, lamenting,
while waving
milk-white flags,
the emblem of peace,
praying,
“Give us,
just one chance more
to learn and live”.
Let’s say high,
pray and pledge,
palm on our lungs,
kneeling down.
Yeah, let’s say
high and loud,
“Allow us to live
as tenants, at least”.
Newton Ranaweera, March 29, 2020.
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wow, this is such a beautiful prayer. I hope its answered…
-J
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Sure. Thank you so much for your read and the great comment, Jay!
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You’re welcome! I always enjoy checking out your posts!
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Beautiful and inspiring, Newton. I am not sure about the words in the first and second stanza: preying or praying? prey or pray?
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Thank you so much, Marta, for the comment and reminding me the spelling issue. Sure, it should be ‘praying’.
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Very evocative prayer in these trying times, Newton! Let’s all pray. 🙏🏼
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Thank you so much, Punam. Sure, Let’s pray together!
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You are welcome, Newton. Yes, let’s.
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beautifully written. its said that these days during the covid outbreak tenants are being evicted in large numbers by cruel landlords.
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Thank you so much, Atul Depak, for this great comment. Your comment takes me to another, realistic aspect of the present scenario. Personally, I wanted to suggest that we (humans) were the landlords of the earth and now other species (including fauna and flora) have waged war on us through Covid-19 and we are getting closer to losing this battle. Now what is left for us (the landlords) is to accept our defeat and request them to let us live at least as tenants.
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my pleasure!
indeed. I love and appreciate your views and perspectives on this issue.
that’s truly very deep and thoughtful. Human beings for their selfish interests have caused so much damage to other beings. Now they are being punished for their arrogance and sins.
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Sure, and thank you again, Depak.
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you are welcome! 🙂
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