Pardon Prayer

On the night before you go under the knife,
I ask for pardon. I ask for grace
to erase the sins we've committed.

I ask for ease
into another way
of love

that is not about the body.

Forgive us for what we have done.
Forgive us for our longing.
Forgive us for our silence.
Forgive us for space.
Forgive us for all that we have left
undone.
Forgive us for our disease.
Forgive us for our fear
of the smallness of being alone.


Forgive us for what we cannot speak.

Forgive us for joy.

And,

in this space

of no words,

My God,forgive us.