Heartspeak-Ellie’s Group
Art Cover by Lillie Leonardi
The Empty Cathedral-
Joyce Lindenmuth
I look at the cathedral
It’s empty
Once built on the backs of dreamers
Who thought they could capture
The beauty of God within a building.
Instead, they built
A monument to themselves
Their cleverness and facility,
Expecting God to notice.
The empty cathedral
Reminds me of my hopes
Of finding God
Inside a building
Instead, I found not peace but dissent,
Disappointment and despair.
I found God outside the cathedral
Within the souls of people I love
Among the trees and birds
And animals and clouds
That surround me.
I look at the cathedral
It’s empty. Alone.
Unlike me.
