When the heart breaks

and confidence in the future crumbles,

we are left alone in the shattered moment with God.

But, if we try, we can feel holiness surrounding us,

gently caressing body and soul.

Collapsed in sacred embrace,

we breathe deeply,

 inhaling spirit

then we rise and go into the day,

fire rekindled until the next shock

calls us back into the mystical presence.

Again and again we learn

God is more available, and known more deeply,

in defeat than victory.