My greedy heart hopes haughty
Hunkered stars reach out 
For the first time in a million years
Beating blood meets far away light
Through eyes that shimmer
Stained-glass windows 
In between 
A high-ceilinged church
And a jungle of primal life
At first my beating heart complains
And wants to go back to the wild
Once I manage to wrestle it down 
I read a missal and hymn-listen
It beats slower and learns
There’s more than one god to beat for