everything is holy now

when holy water was rare at best
it barely wet my fingertips
but now i have to hold my breath
like i'm swimming in a sea of it
it used to be a world half there
heaven's second rate hand-me-down
but i walk it with a reverent air
'cause everything is holy now
everything, everything
everything is holy now

[peter mayer "holy now"]

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while we were on the cape ryan and joel played us music all weekend. saturday night they played this song. it seemed to put into words much of what i have been feeling of late. just this general feeling that i might burst at the seams with joy. or that the world might crush me with goodness. or that the beauty might just swallow me.

but now i have to hold my breath, like i'm swimming in a sea of it

i was sad to leave the cape. but i got to see this on my bike ride home. how is this sky even real? how beautiful is creation? sometimes, it is almost too beautiful.

i am so glad that everything is holy now.