Heart of Sacrifice

They say Jesus became Christ

when he squandered himself

completely, died into

a living miracle of creative surrender.

Heart cracked so wide open in love,

like a rabbit crushed

by a marauding 18-wheeler

outside a juke box rest stop

somewhere in Nevada

where chaotic airborne sagebrush

and toxic dust storms of greed,

fear and craving clog

our lungs

our vision

our life

but can’t stop our astonished

wounded faces

from yearning

and searching

everywhere for him,

the true heart

of his teaching.

And how, like a meandering

river woven from blue sky,

empty desert and kindness,

he makes everything

sacred.