Protect the Joyful
Protect the Joyful by debgrant
There is a prayer
That prays “protect the joyful.”
They need protection.
To be full of joy
Is to leave one’s feet.
To be full of joy
Is to defy the gravity of despair.
To be full of joy
Is to slough off winter clothes
And spring into wings.
To be full of joy
Is to leap into love
Without any memory of landing.
To be full of joy
Is to inhale heaven
And exhale laughter.
The joyful will crash
if we don’t stand at the ready in their flight.
The joyful will be targets up there
For weapons of mass despair.
We want the joyful to land well
And live to shout another day, “Again! Again!”
We want to be protected
When it is our turn
Again.
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