Object

When we diagram sentences

in the story of faith,

most heinous error is

transposing subject, object.

God is always subject.

We are ever objects.

The verb? Love.

Not culture’s syrup or obsession.

Compassion, commitment,

connection tethering

not only us to self of God;

weaving human tapestry

into warmth and comfort,

dignity, respect for all life.

In this way,

desire supplants obligation,

guilt melts for grace,

profane morphs into sacred;

all become One, holy.

© 2012 Todd Jenkins