<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="" style="text-align: center;">Nothing </span><span class="" style="text-align: center;">Alive at Yesterday’s Altar</span><div class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Why kneel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">in the ashes of yesterday’s altar<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">when each day rises unfathomable<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">as a new mystery<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">and I must look<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">with fresh eyes or see nothing<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">but the shadows <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">of what has been . . .<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">chasing Grace or Peace<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">Equanimity or Insight <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">that no longer burns<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">with Presence.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">May I find the courage<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">each day<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">to make a fresh altar<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="">of my life<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Kay Crista</span></p></div></div></div></body></html>