The Illusion Of Separateness

The function of communion
is not

the dissipation of sin

or even

the reverence of Christ

the function

is to remind us

that we are not separate beings

that we are, in fact, a part

of something greater, broader, and deeper

than we may sometimes feel

particularly in those times

of isolation and despair

when solitude and otherness plague us

the effect of the ritual

has very little to do with theology

the function

is to remind us

that we are together

that we are part

of a collective, a community

and if we are to take Christ at his words

that belonging

is not predicated upon fealty

that togetherness

is not limited

it is boundless

it is only restricted

by our willingness

by our own shortcomings