Sacred

Have you considered the word

Sacred,

How heavy we've made it,

almost untouchable?

We reserve it for things

like Icarus wings,

too hot to handle;

not common enough

to touch the ordinariness

of a life.

But then the snow starts

to fall,

and memories of a story

flood in.

An angel, a manger, a message...

Simplicity itself.

We remember how close the

words "sacred" and "holy"

live to one another.

Easy neighbors,

Whole.

The snow starts to fall,

and we remember what it is

that the story is trying to

teach us:

The truth that

Love conquers fear.