Open Invitation by Charissa Sylvia

You’ll pay with steps you were going to take —
but a holy moment
anointed with the dripping grace of a rainy day
is worth tearing open
the offered invitation
to hold in tension
any and all progress you can make
and your desperate need
to be small,
to exhale,
to exclaim.

Charissa Sylvia is a pastor’s wife and homeschooling mama writing from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She writes on the ancient, mountain peaks surrounded by contemplative silence and profound mystery. Ok, just kidding. She writes in a small apartment looking at a busy road with rooms full of cats and kids and mysteriously spilled drinks as well as a hopeful eye towards the light and the firm belief that the ground right under her feet is holy. You can find more of her writing on Instagram at ‘CharissaSylviaWriter’.