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A Prayer for Sitting With The Unjustly Killed, Blessed is Your Memory

I call to those who died in raging war, those who only wanted simple things: the joy of day, the calm of night.
Blessed is your memory

I call to those who died from hate. Those who were hurt by belief, from fueled fear twisted tight, unleashed upon those seen as different.
Blessed is your memory

I call to those who died by the power of the Mother. The winds and storm, the fueled fire, the sweeping strength of the Earth out of balance.
Blessed is your memory

I call to those who died from hunger, from preventable disease, unneeded harm. I call to those who died poverty stricken, struggling just to exist.
Blessed is your memory.

∞ I call to those who died by the Power of nature’s wiles.
∞The sickness, the fever, the suffocation. To those who have died alone and afraid.
∞Blessed is your memory

I remember you. I see you. I will not forget you. I will let the knowledge of this truth pass over and through me. I will remain, ready to do the work I am called to do.
Blessed is your memory.

Original Version/Post here, by on Dandelionlady.

Added here by Kriket.

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