Grace

What is Grace
but falling
into the infinite,
returning through
this breath
to the unspeakable
radiance
of the heart,
and discovering
that you were always
already here?
A flower opening
at night,
an infant’s smile,
the fragrance of rain
in hay grass
on a Summer morning,
are sacraments
pointing the way
to joy,
every flame-tipped thing
conspiring
in a ceaseless revelation
to whisper Yes,
you are here.

by Alfred K. LaMotte