Dear Universe/Higher power/divine self,

I would like to revoke the permission I somehow gave
on this turn of the wheel or maybe the last
to be treated with less respect, to be taken for granted
to be crushed into a ball that cannot speak in my own defense
unfurling only to be shouted back into the corner

Please set me on the path to be honored and cherished
to have my love be recognized and accepted and magnified back out
make me an instrument of peace, both in the giving and receiving

Do not let me be a mirror to anyone's sorrow or self-pity
I want to be a kind face that radiates good will
and receives a portion back.

Please help me see the ways that I obstruct myself from doing this.
with gratitude for life.
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