NaPoWriMo 2022 // day 6
an earlier version of this poem appeared on medium.com in 2019
May the path you walk
bring healing
of every kind.
May the hands that touch you
move gently,
with intentional compassion.
May your heart always
hold room
for Hope.
May God feel your friend
your advocate
your present and attentive
Shepherd.
May you feel
unforsaken.
May you carry peace,
even when you cannot carry answers.
May the families to whom you belong
by blood or faith
by friendship or calling
understand
what you most need,
and give it
wholeheartedly.
I wish you courage
that can look fear in the face,
and still walk forward.
I wish you freedom from pain
and that any pain you must experience
makes you powerful.
I will you to feel
zero shame
in every circumstance.
I wish you
surprise friendship
in unexpected places.
I pray for you to have the strength
to discover joy,
in every tiny, good thing.
May you sing
in the middle
of the darkness.
May you always be warmed
from your soul
to your skin.
May your battle,
beloved,
be won.