Small Churches

It is with small churches

you must always reside.

Because from their tipped rooves

you will observe the delicate

feeling of trees, their leaves

alive with a white heat.

Because you will taste the hopeful sight

of laughter needing more laughter.

Because you will realise

that this body is for truth

for folding between the lines.

Some will ask:

with small churches,

must you always reside?

You will answer: Yes.

With small churches.