Geno's Christmas Prayer Poem by michael spangenberg

Do not prey, but pray to God
I can hope, we can hope
Hope the light of someone's hope
will not be killed-off, and they give up.

Prayer keeps the light of hope
shining for me. I will keep my hope
because I've seen it has worked for me
so I know it works and it needs to stay lit.

Qualunque cosa sta accadendo oggi, quello che so, quello che non so e quello che credo di sapere
ma non sono sicuro circa, prego che la vita di qualcuno continua senza più sofferenza.

Whatever is happening today, what I know
what I don't know and what I think I know
but am not sure about, I pray that someone's life continues without any more suffering

I pray for those that are in suffering
and create harm, that something can change
in them, or that if it cannot happen, that they
lose the ability to harm anymore.

Footnote - Poetic variation on Geno's Christmas email as of December 20,2016.