to bind our lives to truth

It is up to us
To hallow Creation,
To respond to Life
With the fullness of our lives.
It is up to us
To meet the World,
To embrace the Whole
Even as we wrestle
With its parts.
It is up to us
To repair the World
And to bind our lives to Truth.

Therefore we bend the knee
And shake off the stiffness that keeps us
From the subtle
Graces of Life
And the supple
Gestures of Love.
With reverence
And thanksgiving
We accept our destiny
And set for ourselves
The task of redemption.

An alternative Aleynu by Rami M. Shapiro
from the sidur of Sim Shalom Progressive-Reform Jewish Community of Budapest