The Open Gate

“Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.”  

Luke 13:22

This gate

Again,

You leave open,

Is the height

And width 

Of you,

And depth too.

For You are the beautiful gate,
Narrow and vast;

The one who waits

With the lamp 

Of grace

For the scrape 

Of our heart's 

Heel.

You open yourself wide

With mercy,

Saying,

“Come

In

All you who are weary

And rest

In me.”

Saying,

“I am the way

The truth 

And the life.”

Saying, 

“No one comes to the Father

Except through me.”

And those fierce, 

Forged hinges

On your gate 

Of light,

 They swing

Both ways

Through the passage

Of love

You leave open.