banal, Tagalog: adj. 1. holy; 2. virtuous; 3. blessed; 4. spiritual
Thin line between mundane
and divine, between the holy and
the nondescript. In other words,
slip on a halo made of bronze
or a gold-leafed garment and
the barefoot peasant cradling
an animal, the boy in the fields
talking to the doves, become
saints. Some days, the light
shining through the curtains is
aloof and foreign. Other times,
it pours into the cup and
spills over into the saucer;
and you pick it up and drink
from it knowing it both is and
isn’t more than what it is.