a town full of churches

i'd never seen so many

churches

in one small town.

each corner

had an old wood

and stone

cathedral, or temple.

a simple shack

painted white

with a cross

on the steeple, far

off the ground.

was there even enough

worshipers to fill

the pews on sunday.

what was the need,

what were the sins, 

that drove them here,

those that were

lost and then found.