House of God
After the dream of the angels climbing the ladder to Heaven …Jacob was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other
than the house of God; this is the gate of Heaven." Genesis 28:17
The house of God
sometimes rises
from under our feet
enclosing us
in holy spaces
while we walk
a dawn-hushed beach
a village foot-path,
negotiate a snarl of traffic,
tramp homeward at dusk
Though it may burst in
with a shout, a roar
more often, it drops a pebble
into the well
while we, like Jacob awakening,
hush to feel its ripples wash the night
After the dream of the angels climbing the ladder to Heaven …Jacob was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other
than the house of God; this is the gate of Heaven." Genesis 28:17
The house of God
sometimes rises
from under our feet
enclosing us
in holy spaces
while we walk
a dawn-hushed beach
a village foot-path,
negotiate a snarl of traffic,
tramp homeward at dusk
Though it may burst in
with a shout, a roar
more often, it drops a pebble
into the well
while we, like Jacob awakening,
hush to feel its ripples wash the night