Fences

I’m a tree, planted near fences
Roots on this side and that side, too
Evangelical and Progressive
Liturgy and spontaneity
Christian and Buddhist
American and global
“Us” and “Them”

Now, look at this trunk
Look at these limbs, these leaves
And tell me there isn’t life—
That I haven’t been nourished from all sides

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