Architect of Peace

In the name of the daybreak

Photo by Margit Bantowsky on Unsplash

and the eyelids of morning

and the wayfaring moon

and the night when it departs,

I swear I will not dishonor

my soul with hatred,

but offer myself humbly

as a guardian of nature,

as a healer of misery,

as a messenger of wonder,

as an architect of peace.

Diane Ackerman