is Love alive?

i see the sidewalks 

becoming makeshift 

residential blocks

sub-standard shelters

the kaleidoscope of colours

blossoming less 

from trees

than tents

and when i freeze

in fear

when faced

with such

abject and avoidable poverty

i see

warm hands

reaching out

with food

and warm hearts engaging

tired souls

with acceptance

and attention

and in this tension

of reality

with possibility

the Charity

that embraces the person

and transcends

the night

the Clarity

that envisions the person

beyond imposition

and plight

awakens illumination

to see another Sight

where barn

becomes birthplace

feed trough

becomes bed and blanket

and houseless

human is

hallowed Beloved

and i'm revelationally reminded

that Love

is alive

and well

in the ordinary hearts

and extraordinarily

Beloved souls

of humans

whose senses have been

lovingly awakened

by crying

sighing Infinity.

#Advent2020 #InTheCityThereIsGrace #OnTheSidewalksThereIsSpirit

(Images courtesy of Street Roots. Video of 'Winter Song' @ Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson.)