Poem based on Matthew 18:21-35

We share this world

this life

with the many who are the

Children of God

We live

and sin

            and hate

                        and love

as do our brothers and sisters.

in forgiveness

Christ makes us one,

in envy

            we try to become two

forgive one another

live not as the master

or gatekeeper

lest you find yourself one day

facing the gate from the other side

forced by your own insistence

on the upholding of the law

rather

than forgiveness

it is in forgiveness

that our division is united

and our soul healed once again

to see the glory of God

shinning into our lives

in love