Hoped into Existence

Beginning just

past its gates there and

standing at its solitary looming

now door of uneasiness

settles in

much unlike the gentleness

of a linen sheet

floating

down alighting

upon your naked

a body ready to dream

so few ever enter

and not necessarily

any more dangerous

than the path before

but because

one senses they will find

merely what they want

and that is just

its nature

to give only what is asked for

no more

no less

such as it is

it can be a place of overwhelming joy

from which one does not return

and remains lost within

uncompromising walls or

an inextricable despair

that finds a self

kneeling before God

hoped into existence

for salvation of a loving spirit

burned and withered by the

intolerable persistent rays

much like the grass in these parts

grown brittle

brown from a late summer sun

and such is the first transaction

the chosen compelled to make

becoming

this great hall of doors

offering every way

out and in

an uncountable lifetime of choices

will make their imprisonment

while forgiveness brings

like rain to the grass

us back to our sacred lives

it goes without saying

anywhere in between.