Prayer to Forseti
by Ari
O Lord who bears upon his back
The double cut of Law,
Who listens every day to what
This one said, this one saw,
O Lord of judgment shining clean
Whose words are fair and just,
I ask you for your greatest gift,
I place in you my trust.
Tangled I am in a terrible web
Of others’ wrath and lies,
Cut those threads with double blade
And free me from those ties.
Show me what I can do to make
Amends to those I’ve wronged,
Lead them toward a kinder place,
The peace for which we’ve longed.
Let both sides stand with sheepish glance
And say, “I see, you’re right,
If only in this one fine thing,
There is no need to fight.”
Forseti, shine the light that you
Inherited from your sire,
But chose to filter through the lens
Of clarity rather than fire.
Shine Glitnir’s hope upon this mess
And make us own our part,
And make us all see justice done,
And patch the wounded heart.
Photo by Nazanian.