Earth and Sky

Photo by Lee Lindsey McKinney

The edge of earth and sky

is a sacred space,

exponentially expanded in liminality

by the presence of water

and the rising or setting

of the sun or moon.

To be present and attentive

to this frontier is to experience

the holy in ways previously unknown.

We know the moon pulls water

into tides, so we shouldn't be surprised

when she pulls our hearts toward more

than we knew existed otherwise.

The sun, with her flame so intense

we can only fleetingly glance,
even as she fades on the horizon,

shines light into deep places

we never imagined holding fire.

Let us chant our holy texts

and piece together rhythms

and tunes from these blessed encounters,

so the songs stay with us

when we return to brick, asphalt,

concrete, fluorescence, and

all the other hells with which

civilization has shackled us.

Photo by Anne Shurley

© 2015 Todd Jenkins