Reconciliation

What is it that unifies us?

For the boiling bad blood
of heated boarders has
polluted all the air
inside the firmament-sky,
and false belonging spits at empathy

as personhood is domestically defined.

What is it that brings us together?

For self-perpetuating open wounds

are blinding and searing

any concept of an 'us'

and reactions chase reactions

chase reactions chase reactions

chase reactions.

What is it that brings us together

from this hopeless hate?

The most hurt party

not only abandoned vengeance

but mirrored it onto Himself,

and demonstrates frail victory

that looks like failure to us,

unless we abandon vengeance

in an embrace that crosses

every dimension of this sickness.

This is what brings us together:

A divine reconciliation

stained in the blood of hurt,

and risen in the germinating promise

of immeasurable change.

Written 22/02/12

2 Corinthians 5:18-21 'All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation: that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.'