We come to the table, Lord.\ Not because our hands are clean —\ they still smell\ of gold and steel. We come because we are empty\ of the one thing\ that cannot be shaped\ by ourselves. The hands that reach for the bread\ are the same\ that formed the calf\ gripped the sword\ shut the doors. Break us\ as you broke the bread. So we may be shared\ as it was shared.
We come to the table, Lord.
Not because our hands are clean —
they still smell
of gold and steel.
We come because we are empty
of the one thing
that cannot be shaped
by ourselves.
The hands that reach for the bread
are the same
that formed the calf
gripped the sword
shut the doors.
Break us
as you broke the bread.
So we may be shared
as it was shared.