A Prayer to Protect Water
- By Claudia L’Amoreaux

We call you ocean.

We call you sea, gulf, strait, bight,
bay, lagoon, river, falls, creek,
stream, lake, pond, spring.

We call you rain.

We call you pool, puddle, snowflake,
glacier, dew, mist, cove, channel, inlet,
cascade, brook, tributary, bayou, tarn,

H2O.

We travel your powerful currents
to meet our relations.
We flood our rice fields.
We bathe our children.
We cleanse the dead.
We baptise, we purify, we do ablutions,
We immerse in the mikvah.
We heal with you – Holy Water.

We remember to protect you.
We remember to protect you.
We remember to protect you.
We remember to protect you.

This poem was used in our Summer Women’s Spirituality Circle.  Photo above of our water-themed altar.  Email Jill Minkoff if you are interested in attending future Women’s Spirituality Circles.