House of God

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.