Gentlefolk, please charge your glass
with water pure and clear
I do not ask to bow your heads
Nor bend your knees today
I ask that you sit watchful calm
And lift your heart with mine
Ready for what is to come
And we we need to do
Today we eat, and yes we drink
Around a laden table
While others fight with prayers of peace
For water which is life
We steel ourselves with joy today
Against the fear and hurt
As each of us in our own way
Will stand for what is life
Today I pray and ask you join
Your will to be committed
To yet uphold our lives and loves
As each of us are able
And next year may we meet again
Around this holy table