In Praise of Thin Places

There are moments
when air softens,
when time bends,
when weight I didn’t know I carried
lifts like mist rising at dawn.

A hush falls—
not silence, but something deeper—
the space between heartbeats,
the breath between words,
here, knowing fades into pure presence.

Woven of mystery and mercy,
the veil between heaven and earth frays,
a veil now so thin
I could reach through—
but don’t have to.

Because something—
Someone—is already reaching for me.

Not in thunder,
not in blinding light,
but in the wisp of wind on my cheek,
in the hush of snowfall,
in the way my breath gasps
at the sight of ocean meeting sky.

And though I cannot hold it,
though it vanishes as quickly as it came,
I am left marked—
not with answers,
but with wonder and awe.

For a moment,
God has brushed his cheek upon mine,
and that is enough.

—brian j plachta
brianplachta.com

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