For you

Photo by Becky Johnson

Here we gather,

nothing like a museum

for the righteous, but

rather, a healing place

for those in search of grace.

   Here we rise,

   joining our voices

   with a long line of dreamers,

   cairn-stacking narratives

   of resurrection against

   a sea of indifference,

   hoping against hope

   that love will win.

Here we go,

sent out into

valleys of despair,

reflecting the forgiveness

we have received,

wrapping the whole world

in the gentleness with which

we've been covered.

         Here we are,

         for you.

© 2016 Todd Jenkins