Show Me A Walk To Beautiful

Dear Mother God, please show me a walk to beautiful,
the walk to peaceful, to wistful pleasure.
Dear Father God, please show me where you placed me
in your garden of grace.
For surely, I lay somewhere among the water lilies
or the roses with their thorns.
Dear Mother God, please show me where I shine among the stars.
Dear Father God, please show me where my dreams lay
before they feel forsaken among the "could have been's".

Dear Mother God, please show me a walk to beautiful,
a walk to joyful and delightful.
Dear Father God, please show me the moment I chose this life.
For though I know I must have, there are times I feel the need for proof.
Dear Mother God, please show me where my passions lay.
Dear Father God, please show me where my sleep has gone,
for it still hides from me most nights.

Dear Mother, Father, God, please show me a walk to beautiful;
let me walk through Your mind so I may see my soul more fully,
so I may see the truth of who I truly am and release all doubts.

May I learn as I walk with you, Mother, Father God,
that I cannot empower the marginalized
without overcoming marginalization myself.
May I learn as I walk with you, Mother, Father, God,
that I cannot empower those with special needs
without succeeding as someone with special needs.
May I learn as I walk with you Mother, Father, God,
that I can only empower traumatized children
by overcoming childhood trauma
and that I can only empower women by empowering myself.