Tiny Cathedrals

Heaven is everywhere we don't think to look.

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Tiny Cathedrals 
Ash Kilback

Heaven is everywhere 
we don’t think to look.

Have you ever stopped
to kneel next to the white
steeple of the mushroom 
on a thick carpet of green
moss? 

I am certain God was clever
and built tiny cathedrals 
underneath their whimsical 
caps. 

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This fun poem came to life during April’s writing challenge with a prompt from Ellen Rowland on writing a poem exploring the idea of heaven. For me, nature feels like most resonant experience of church for me. In all the time I’ve spend getting lost & wandering out into the wild landscapes around me, I’ve come to see all forms of creation that meet me on the path, like the mushroom, as a tiny cathedral.