Exhale: Why I go to church

Exhale

In Your presence I find

For all my longing

My seeking

My crying out

A quiet place

Of reverence

Humility

Emptiness

Fullness

A mystery explained

But never understood

Realized

Felt

But never grasped

Though I've tried

And failed

My heart rises

My chest falls

I exhale

Emptying

To be made full

Again

And again

And over again

Forever

Stephanie M. Frakes

September 9, 2012