Your silence was a quiet cathedral
Where lost thoughts came kneeling to the floor
You opened up a doorway with your breathing
And I walked in like I’d been there before
The echoes of my failures didn’t linger
They melted in the incense of your care
You placed forgiveness lightly on my shoulders
Like sunlight resting on a wooden chair
You didn’t ask me why I’d been so distant
Or how the dust had gathered in my chest
You only said “You’re safe here if you want to ”
And suddenly my heart could take a rest
So let the world grow loud outside your windows
Let sirens wail and traffic scream and roar
As long as I can kneel inside your presence
My soul will find its sanctuary door