We like things boxed. Cereal,

Candy, soap, gifts, and corpses.

They seem safe when boxed, as are

We. As is God and other

Potential dangers. So we

Sleep in a box, awake in

A box, shower in a box,

Refrigerate food, store knives,

Drive to work, work for hours, where

We stare each day at boxes,

In boxed lives. Boxed-in we live.

Through boxed windows we look out, in.

God, once boxed, broke out, broke free.

But we keep pushing God back,

Our Jack, popping out on cue,

To music, though it's not fair.

Nests have birds. Dens have foxes.

God will have none of our small

Boxes. God is free, and we

Are too.

~~~

From Brian McLaren's book, The Last Word and the Word After That.