And From the Sand

Inspired by the work of Colin O'Leary

Photo by Colin O’Leary of his artwork, “At The Foot of the Cross,” Honeymoon Beach, FL

And From the Sand

I came upon art
reaching out
from the beach,

born of a creator
who just showed up one day
with buckets, shovels
and a calling

to shape
from sand
a monument to faith.

Something is moving
in our world
right now,

something is
forming, a shoreline
of light…

can you feel it?

Among umbrellas and crying gulls,
a temporary Calvary emerged,
summoned
to this most unlikely place

by sweat
and open,
dedicated hands,

offering itself to passersby
like me
a glimpse of love

dreamed, dug, and pressed into
waves of compassion,
sweeping up out of the ocean
to enfold
suffering grace outstretched.

A moment. A breath.

Another.

Forces are gathering,
goodness is growing:
equal, opposite,

nature’s symmetry
reacting in kind
to meet iniquity, face to face.

A single grain of sand
is not nothing; a filled sandbag
retains a river, stops a bullet.

I will allow myself
to be gathered with you
to singular purpose—
impermanence is no excuse—

and from the sand,
the sacred, indomitable art of us will rise,
together
eyes wet and shining,

giving thanks
for one another, and the hands
of a sculptor

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Thanks for being here with me. And thanks to Colin O’Leary, for allowing me to share his masterpiece with you.

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Mary