Sanctuary # 1

Each visitor will find the same address:
Grey pillars' stone perspective leads my view
Unto the altar and the red and blue
East window – old and tall, and built to stress
The perpendicular and to impress
Me with a sensed of veneration, due
To the immense proportions and dim hue -
The very structure seems intent to bless
The ones inside when all at once the air
Vibrates, at first in unison, and then
Da Palestrina's come to life again.
Clear voices rise and fall – I sit and stare
In silent wonder, filled with joy and grief:
This pure beatitude's beyond belief.