Barren are the hands of the one who is unseeing, <br />While mighty is the brain <br />And mighty are the hands of the one whose heart <br />Is in tears and filled with pity for all, <br />Who is hopeful in sadness and joy, <br />Grateful in good fortune and misfortune, <br />Obliged in favors or evil dispensation. <br />And, bare indeed are hands of the one <br />With indifferent headwork and imagination. <br /> <br />Say, say my friend a prayer <br />That is answered each time <br />Pray, pray my helper <br />For love that is greater in time <br />Mourn over the smallest failing or crime. <br /> <br />How bare are the hearts of the unseeing; <br />Their lips are troublesome weight <br />Their hearts weight heavily <br />And their suffering a wasteful lot <br />And even their joy a burden and load. <br />They expose sham success or happiness <br />While untold harm was perpetrated <br />Through their pursuit of fake victory and gladness. <br />How empty are the heads of the eyeless... <br />And barren the hands of the pitiless. <br /> <br />Say, say a prayer <br />That is answered each time <br />Pray, pray my helper <br />For love that is purer each time <br />For each failing or crime <br />For it is answered in time. <br /> <br />For blessed indeed are the lips <br />That absolve you of your failing and crime. <br />Blessed are the lips that <br />Pronounce life-giving death each time. <br />Blessed indeed <br />Are the hands filled <br />With kindhearted deeds, <br />Blessed are the God's chosen priests. <br /> <br />Say, say a prayer <br />That is answered in time <br />Pray, pray my helper <br />For love that is greater in time <br />Pray for life-giving death <br />For smallest failing or crime, <br />For this prayer is answered each time.<br /><br />Dorothy Kardas, Psy.D. Th.D.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/setting-free-2/
