Sacred Places

I love my sacred places

Those special spots, where my soul danced

and my heart sang

Those places where time stops

and the moment was eternal

These are my shrines

my "God places"

where the sacred broke through

It might be a place where

I saw my child play

or heard music of inexpressible beauty

It might be a place where sitting side by side

with someone deeply loved

the mundane was turned into the sacred

It might be a place

where family gathered, and celebrated

or a place where goodbyes

eternal, or otherwise

were said

These are the places where

I dance my faith...

and sing for joy to the heavens

where there is laughter

and the heat of love

where smiles break forth

Thank you God

for the moments

the people

the places  

that have opened the gates to heaven!

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There is no spot on earth that ever became sacred until something danced there

maybe it was just an atom or two...

There is no place in existence that ever became sacred until something sang there

even it just be a molecule, that is enough.  I hear they croon all the time...

Strange the seriousness I see a around the shrines of perfect saints.....

                                                                             Hafiz