Peace Be With You

Peace be with you all.

I will confess,

I have made palm crosses

from 

Palm Sunday palms

every year of my life

since learning how to

in

Kindergarten

Some years

youngsters 

in 

adjacent pews

are focused on how

this happens.

I quietly

take their palms 

make them into crosses

and send them back

to smiling faces

On very blessed years

I spend the majority of the mass

crafting palms

for those

who quietly pass me their palms

smiling hopefully

this 

spreads joy for most

but earns me

glaring disapproval

from others

I will confess 

I do not enjoy 

what I call

the mob mentality masses

I cannot speak

the parts

of the crowd

thirsty for evil

calling out,

"Crucify Him!"

Instead 

of speaking horrors

I hang my head

 praying  intently

for 

beauty

 in human spirits

and 

I craft crosses