Every Little Ordinary Thing

Cold coffee on the counter

Traffic humming outside

Same sweatshirt

Same slippers

Same sky

Same street

Same life

You walk in

Hair still dripping

Laughing at something small

And suddenly this kitchen

Feels like a holy hall

How did the chipped mugs

Turn into gold cups?

How did my cracked faith

Fill all the way up?

Every little ordinary thing

Turns sacred when you say my name

Paper plates and Tuesday rain

Glow like stained glass in a frame

You touch my hand

The world takes wing

I swear I hear the angels sing

In every little ordinary thing

I find forever

Grocery list on a napkin

You’re dancing in the aisle

Arguing over the olives

You fake a hurt

I smile

Our shoes by the front door

Tangled

Bills piled on the chair

But folding up this laundry

Feels like a whispered prayer

How did the cracked tiles

Shine like cathedral floors?

How did this small life

Open hidden doors?

If this is all we ever have

I’m still already home

In quiet rooms

In crooked frames

In the way you breathe when you’re half-asleep

You bless the breath between us

You make the simple glow