​     And Jesus said,
     See ye this temple?
     There shall not be left
     one stone upon another
     that shall not be thrown down.
 
     (Matthew 24:2)
 
You said no stone
unturned
 
each one thrown
an insult
 
I feel it
 
    the stone’s weight upon my chest
 
         disarray and destruction
 
    a sense of predation
    before the plunge
 
I feel it
 
    the rejection of friends
 
    serenity crumbling
 
         granules of grief
         deep in my bowels
  
     a stone of stumbling
     the ruin of this House
 
. . .
 
    The shattered stone
    I see was necessary
    for You to recreate
    from the rubble
    a new dwelling
    for your Glory

          I feel it now

    large enough for
                                Us.