I breathe for America – 9/11 2001
A blessing for all Americans
From
Joy Manné
I breathe for America
With my in-breath I take into my heart all those who lost their lives,
On my out-breath I send peace
I breathe for America
On my in-breath I take into my heart all those who lost family and friends
On my out-breath I send peace
I breathe for America
On my in-breath I take into my heart all those who lost citizens
On my out-breath I send peace
I breathe for America
You are everybody’s country
On my in-breath I take into my heart all those citizens from other countries who died
On my out-breath I send peace
I breathe for America
On my in-breath I feel gratitude for my place in the free world
Bereaved though we all are
And on my out-breath I send peace
I breathe for those in the countries that hate America
For in truth it is themselves and their own countries that they hate
And on my out-breath I send them peace
I breathe for the parents of those who committed these horrible acts
For they are part of what is hated most, and are now obliged to hate more
On my out-breath I send them peace
I breathe for the person who organised this crime against all of us
For it is himself that he hates: himself, his family, his friends, his country, his world.
Is what he hates.
That is what he wants to kill, and cannot
And that is what he wants us all to hate
And I will not
Nor will I hate him
I breathe for his unbearable suffering
And on my out-breath I send him peace