James 1.27 and beyond.

"Religion that God our Father accepts
as pure and faultless
is this:
to look after orphans & widows
in their distress &
to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."















[the world that rejects the ones who need
the world that speaks "worthless" and "unwanted"
the world that says "you have no place here"
the world that says "no room"
no room in inns, hearts, memories, agendas, pursuits, schedules
no room for anything broken.
the world that tears up, burns & tosses away --
from this world keep yourself pure.
too broken to know
too broken to heal
too broken to see
too broken to love.

this is the world that needs to know, to see, to hear, to feel, to believe that it is not forgotten].