steeple

Bells Ring Out

reverberations
announce each
hour

nature worships
with each leaf
a prayer

every leaf a prayer
at the steeple
of the felled tree

worship
in the woods
beauty is the pew

heaven’s clouds recognize
the tiny speck
as the church’s steeple

even when the clapper is silent
the call to community is heard

time and weather
write the story
of survival on the structure

homage
to the heavens
home of homes