(Dedicated to all of my brothers and, especially, sisters in Christ.)
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, whom you have from God?"
~1 Corinthians 6:19
Temples
Every single part of you
-- not only soul, but body, too --
is Sacred Temple, Holy Ground:
the Garden in which Christ is found
walking, and there He is met
in outward form and lineament.
In your smile Love Himself is seen,
with pow'r to heal, grace to redeem,
and in your laughter, free, unfurled
rings the Delight that made the world
and makes it still. Beauty Himself
dwells in you, making all your self
a well of that Uncreate Spring
which lesser beauties mean, and sing.
And for this dying world, Life treads
loudly enough to wake the dead
in your footsteps, and in your hands
is th' touch of mercy He commands.
No Israelite would curse the place
where God chose to reveal His face
nor scorn the arches, pillars, stones
which God had chosen as His own.
Curse not, then, yours, where Christ is found,
for all of you is Holy Ground.
