Prayer of Virtues
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Title: Prayer of Virtues
Author: Bartholomew
Love blooms in the Virtue of Compassion
Truth blooms in the Virtue of Honesty
Courage blooms in the Virtue of Valor Pure of Principles and pure in Virtue
Love with Truth bloom in the Virtue of Justice
Truth with Courage bloom in the Virtue of Honor Courage with Love bloom in the Virtue of Sacrifice
Paired of Principles but pure in Virtue
Love with Truth with Courage, the Principles three
When joined together in total yield Spirituality
When shunned together in void yield Humility
The all or nothing of Principles but pure in Virtue
Our lives based on Virtues granted through Principles
Our lives rooted in Principles granting the Virtues
Our society based on Virtues granted through Principles
Our society rooted in Principles granting the Virtues
Prayer Defining Virtue
The path of Virtue is neither crooked nor straight
It swerves and jumps and dives and turns Adapting to the range of perplexities thrown out by life
But for those upon the path, it rolls smooth before them
The light of Virtue burns neither bright nor dim
It flashes and brightens and dims and flickers
Adapting to the depth of darkness it must overcome
But for those whose light it baths, it glows with constant warmth
The feeling of Virtue is neither rough nor smooth It scrapes and soothes and bruises and scratches
Adapting to the level of resistance it must overpower
But for those who feel the caress, it wraps with soft silkiness
The life of Virtue is neither tranquil nor turbulent
It shakes and trembles and glides and pauses
Adapting to the intense complexities it will encounter
But for those who live such a life, it rewards with steady calm
Prayer of Devotion to the Virtues
Linked by our devotion to the Virtues
We live our lives walking similar paths That intertwine in the single path
The lighted path of Virtue
Linked by our devotion to the Virtues We choose our actions by their guide
Giving a harmony of Virtuous acts
Leading to a Balance of the Virtues Linked by our devotion to the Virtues
We seek others who will walk with us
Along the path of warming light The warming light of the Virtues
Linked by our devotion to the Virtues
We wish to share the inner peace An inner peace derived from Virtue
A Virtuous and warming tranquility
Linked by our devotion to the Virtues We find for life a depth of meaning
A Virtuous meaning that gives us strength
The strength we need to follow Virtue Linked by our devotion to the Virtues
We immerse ourselves in Virtue’s Light
Allowing us to be People of Light And become the Lightbringers of Virtue
Prayer from the Inner
Core
Deep within there is a place
A place that defines who we are That central place that gives us strength
The strength that guides our feet to step
Our feet to step upon our path The path that’s chosen by our source
That source that comes from that place
For some that place holds a void A void that takes from who they are
And has them take from those they know
With every touch it takes some more Spreading out to increase the void
Including more within its grasp
Voiding all that’s in that place For some that place is simply numb
Simply numb and caring not
No care nor hope nor vision true Lifeless, silent through and through
Unaffected by daily trials
Treading onward in a stupor
Feeling nothing from that place
For some that place is full of chaos
Chaotic swirling without a meaning Giving to treading random paths
Paths leading them nowhere fast
Leaving behind a broken trail With broken lives and broken promises
Swirling randomly from that place
For some that place is lined in order Ordered forth in straightened lines
Going straight while never swerving
Never varied to either side Treading on despite all else
Ignoring every choice that’s given
Ordered straight from within that place For some that place is filled of Virtue
Virtue that wisely guides their steps
Moving forward upon their path A path that knows when to swerve
To swerve and find all that’s true
And guide us with a blinding light Radiating Virtue from that place