Unbelonging

We must not allow our own

fearful attempts at unbelonging

to create a culture of separation.

We must not accept

others' anxiety as normative.

We must not become less

than all the glorious connectedness

by and for which we were created.

The stretch toward holiness

will not be denied,

even if we sacrifice

our own lives to prevent it.

That's why we are breakable,

because God knows all the ways

the universe can be constructed for love;

God waits with eager longing,

picking up every fragmented piece

and carefully reconstructing grace.

 

Amelia Island by Lee Lindsey McKinney

© 2014 Todd Jenkins