May we remember and mourn

Those who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Those who use their gifts to create weapons of mass destruction

Those who have died of cancer and disease from exposure to nuclear tests

Those who today suffer from these diseases and those not yet born who will

Those islands that were destroyed in nuclear weapons tests

Those who would sow fear by threatening to use nuclear weapons

Those who fund new generations of weaponry

Those who profit from the manufacture of nuclear weapons.

WE REMEMBER AND MOURN

WE LIFT UP OUR VOICES IN LAMENTATION

WE CRY OUT FOR FORGIVENESS ANE REDEMPTION

We who are silent in the face of madness

When nuclear weapons are developed and deployed around the world

When monies are allocated to the development of new weapons

When world leaders threaten to use nuclear weapons in war

When our investments, our pension funds, are used to build weapons

When we still our consciences rather than speak out

When we hear hateful speech and do not object

When voices of belligerence escalate and put us all at odds with one another

When our children and grandchildren to the 7^th generation are put at risk

Of damnation and extinction

WE REMEMBER AND MOURN

WE LIFT UP OUR VOICES IN RESISTANCE AND APPEAL

WE SING OUT FOR WISDOM AND DELIVERANCE

I call to mind that which I cannot bear to imagine life without, lost forever

The sweet fruit and grains of the earth and daily sustenance

The music of children laughing in play

The warm embrace of family and friends

The earth as seen from the moon, green and blue

The world as seen through the eyes of peace without borders

The dew of dawn and the soft breeze of sunset

The sunlight beams on clover leaf and pine

The awe of creation and echoes of the creator spirit

WE REMEMBER AND MOURN

WE OPEN OUR IMAGINATIONS AND HEARTS TO MEMORIES YET TO BE MADE

WE CALL OUT FOR LEADERSHIP AND RESOLVE

Hear me as I commit to myself and to you, neighbor, friend, fellow living being

My heart, I will soften and open to my brothers and sisters around the world

My neighbor, I will love as myself.

My nation, I will call to account for bringing peace and justice to the world

My species and all living things, I will cherish, protect and celebrate.

WE REMEMBER AND WE MOURN

BUT WE DO NOT DESPAIR

WE DO NOT ACCEPT

WE FEAR NOT

WE LIVE

AND

WE LOVE

Prepared for use as part of the Interfaith Convocation of the NPT Review Conference, Rally, March and Festival May 2nd, 2010