Sanctuary

Kindness is a warm chapel,

an unlocked entrance

against blue cold,

inviting you to stumble

into the essential light

of morning hues searching

out the upperworld above

arched window spires

before each newborn day

scribbles landscape after 

landscape across your attention.

Second chances wake open,

drawing your aching life

with an offered embrace

that’s perfectly quiet,

never wary, crossing distances 

to greet your story.

Everything you thought was 

hiding suddenly appears 

inside a moment of tenderness.

And God’s voice says, “Look, 

let me show you how welcome 

repairs this world.”

I pray such a door surprises you 

with the largeness of its

uncluttered grace.