Heaven – A Thread You Follow

A Place in Paradise

Not every child knows the blessing
of following clues in a treasure hunt.
Some hints need helpful interpretation
before the path of devotion can begin again.
Upon finding the gorgeous hidden pieces,
we pick and choose which we like most,
putting them tenderly into our pockets.
Yes, we will grow tired from carrying
those tiny loads, though, somehow,
unwrapping them twenty years later,
we will know that we have been
guaranteed a place in paradise.

Window Shopping

Cheap sounds of absurdity 
enter life at an early age
when our resistance to fear is low
and the world offers little defense
against the something else
lingering as a foretaste not of heaven
but of all the cheap and tawdry things
hanging in windows bordered by lace 
convincing us to go it alone.