by Pavel Chichikov
Pray for healing, pray for healing
Though all be crushed and ruined, pray
Green be grown though all decay
Baby live though Herod slay
Let victims live
And all forgive
Pray for curing, pray for curing
Though all be sickly and condemned
Let the wound and fissure mend
Against the grievous God defend
Let victims live
And all forgive
Pray for waking, pray for waking
Though the drugged and dying sleep
Let the crippled senses leap
Hollow sockets see and weep
Let victims live
And all forgive
Though impossible to see
Let the fire feed the tree
Pray the crippled amnesty
Pray the paralyzed go free
And all who live
Let them forgive
Visit Pavel's website at Grey Owl Press.
Note: Pavel will read selections of his poetry at Franciscan University (Steubenville, OH) on January 25, 2002. For more information contact Pavel Chichikov.
