Erection of an Altar

 Light the candles

Make your sacrifice be known

the sweet smelling smoke twirling around my head

Where is the flesh?

I see nothing but shadows upon the wall

They beckon me to dance with them

Feet bare, the dance felt like the wind

Take the pretty blue beads, wear them around your neck

Something to smooth your fingers over., as you shut your eyes in prayer

Go to that secret place for solace

Inside of the inner chamber...are silky curtains, and fancy colored pillows

I lay in the midst of them, listening for that velvet voice

I cannot hear it with my ears

I feel this voice

One that makes me cynical to our pain

The pain has value, instead of something to pity

The Chamber of Our Deepest Secrets

If anyone really knew what was inside of me?

Would I still be loved?

Put upon the altar in sacrifice, the pretty papers with shattered dreams

Pen and ink, we will write a new ending

A Scroll laid out, to be imprinted with new promise

Then-  holding a hand will be divine

The glow of a sunset will be divine

The soft curve of a flower will be divine

The kiss of a child's cheek will be divine

The smell and feel of the rain on your skin, will be divine

Finding eyes to see compassion in, will be divine

A lover's kiss will be divine

Never notice..."nothing"

To purposefully notice everything

Write it down on that living scroll, and wonder "what if" it all came true

Hiding in the inner place, etching fancy letters
Writing the beauty of what life really is

It is to find Sanctuary

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