While standing in holy ground...

"I see a person riding on an ox, looking for an ox
searching for what isn't lost,
climbing an invisible mountain,
striving for what is already possessed,
dividing people in order to unite,
killing to achieve peace,
working for grace, which is a gift,
alienating to bring people together,
questing for God, 
while already standing in holy ground."
in Judith Valente, Atchinson Blue