Enter the Cathedral

Enter the cathedral, where the pews are made of pine,

Where saints with golden halos think deep thoughts of the Divine,

Where dogwoods offer incense on ewers soaked in dew,

And penitents in scarlet robes humbly shuffle through.

Enter the cathedral, where reverence abides

Amongst the trembling aspens with their young ones at their sides;

Sunlight streams though windowpanes

Of orange, gold and green,

Altars knit of pristine clouds float softly in between.

Enter the cathedral, feel the hush of holy breeze,

Worship where the trickling brook brings grasses to their knees,

Where fireweed and goldenrod bow fluffy heads in prayer;

Enter the cathedral, you will find Your Maker there.

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The trials which have smothered you and frozen all your dreams

(Those icy fingers down your spine unraveled all your seams)

Are burdens which you never sought; indeed, you begged them gone,

And yet, they linger dawn to dusk, and dusk to weary dawn.

But Pilgrim, lift your tired head, and brace your feeble knees;

For lessons learned in schools of pain are not like schools of ease –

What humbled heart and broken bones with faith can start to grow

Is rather like the evergreen made beautiful by snow.