Sanctuary:
Place of help,
Place of hope,
A safety net…
You are my sanctuary.

How many sanctuaries shall I find
Where safety is not found?
Called, but not
That hopeful net,
That place of surrounding love.
Sanctuaries tainted
With ambition and with pride;
Sanctuaries painted
As places of hope,
But the slightest details divide.
Sanctuaries of the insensitive,
Managing ignorant flock?
Sanctuaries of aimlessness,
Message opposed to Sanctuary thought?
Sanctuaries filled with human work,
And humans prone to gloat…
Imperfect fill them,
Father, please heal them,
That those who need healing
Shall be drawn to the spot
That is Your sanctuary.

ADW 2008