holy days
today of all days,
do not be concerned with the everyday.
surround yourself instead
with the hush that falls
outside when everyone else is in.
seek out vastness
when all the world seems
small and petty.
choose the high, hard path,
the one that climbs up through the rocks
into the thin, thin air.
then, heart pounding, terrified,
and out of breath,
open up and let the world fall away
until the holy in you
cannot be stopped from reaching out
for the holy all around you.
poem (c) 2016 D. Ohlandt
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