When smiles are true
and the greeting of hand-to-hand
is sincere and genuine,
when heads bow in common seeking
and prayers spoken
are quiet and humble,
when hands are lifted in reverent joy
and voices join in celebration of devotion,
when hearts rejoice
in the Divine Presence
and spirits resonate
in an inexplicable harmony,
when the message spoken
brings hope and healing
and faith rises up
through the ceiling of the soul,

then we know
that we have worshipped
and that it is the Unseen
that is much more real
than anything we have ever touched.

H. Arnett
9/22/14