for every green pasture

for every green pasture

for every green pasture

for every still water

for every soul restored

     a right path

     leading to a place,

     prepared

dark valleys

shadowed with loss

echoing with grief

overhung with fear

     met with

Presence

for every dark valley

for every shadowing loss

for every resounding grief

     a right path

     leading to a place,

     prepared

a war zone table

a cup poured

a head anointed

awareness…

     every place is the

     house of the Lord

for every table spread

for every cup poured

for every head blessed

     a right path

     leading to a place,

     prepared…

finally

     home.

     again for the first time