Centripetal Grace

We are all here alone
Empty hands and broken hearts.
Standing side by side
We are infinitely apart.
Through the brief window of night,
This solitary life, lost in the darkness
Of unknowing and unknown,
One star interrupts in starkness,
But all who believe will follow
Urged by simplicity or cleverness;
Inhabiting the same space
Doesn’t equate with togetherness,
But by starlight we can better see
Each other exposed, uncovered.
Drawing nearer to the Centrality
Pulls us closer to each other
As a child, that star was miraculous
But my weak frame now understands
In our immiscible sin, it’s a miracle
When we clasp hands.