Peace.
Let it be peace that washes over me like the rising morning sun.
Place your hand on my back and slowly shake my soul awake.
Draw the curtains and bring my eyes to see there has always been beauty in front of me.
And there always will be.
Remind me again to take a deep breath and exhale and one more time.
Fold open my hands and cleanse me of my sins like it’s Sunday and I’m shoulder to shoulder with other sinners confessing before we taste the bread and drink the wine and hear the words,
“You’re forgiven.
You’re free.
Go in Peace.”
And as I go, let this peace hold me like the arms of a mother and guide me like the hand of a father.
Let this peace rewrite the past and shape the future and change today to create a better tomorrow.
And tonight, when I close my eyes to fall asleep, let these hands hand it all over, except for peace.
For peace is what I’ll keep.
.. .. ..
With hope,
Tanner Olson
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Tanner Olson is a writer, speaker, poet, spoken-word artist, & creator of Written to Speak.
He created Written to Speak to share hope & announce love.