House of God
Set an altar
in the world, in the heart:
stillness amidst the rush,
seeing where we stand,
who stands with us—
the awe of the here.
Mark the gates of heaven,
ordinary earth, with ladder marks—
where divine footsteps mingle
unseen yet felt.
Stack stones high, pile life\'s fragments—
spirit and flesh, sacred and secular,
have no divide in the divine eye.
Every step, an altar beneath,
the earth heavy with holy whispers,
a wonder not to stumble
on the sacred
that cradles our every tread.