โThe worst thing we ever did was put God in the sky out of reach pulling the divinity from the leaf, sifting out the holy from our bones, insisting God isnโt bursting dazzlement through everything weโve made a hard commitment to see as ordinary, stripping the sacred from everywhere to put in a cloud man elsewhere, prying closeness from your heart. The worst thing we ever did was take the dance and the song out of prayer made it sit up straight and cross its legs removed it of rejoicing wiped clean its hip sway, its questions, its ecstatic yowl, its tears. The worst thing we ever did is pretend God isnโt the easiest thing in this Universe available to every soul in every breath.โ
โ โThe Worst Thing We Ever Didโ by Chelan Harkin From her poetry book โSusceptible to Lightโ
