Rusted speaker posts stand cruciform
White screen billows like a sail at dusk
Cable hums beneath your bootsole warm
Asphalt cracks where marquee letters husk
You learned to breathe in choir loft air
Now balance teaches prayer by other means
Altitude makes sanctuary anywhere
The wire sings in frequencies unseen
High wire hymnal in the drive-in dark
No congregation but the wind and stars
Your balancing pole a silver crosier's arc
Walking hymns between the wrecked cars
Projection booth leans like a bell tower
Concession counter holds the sacristy light
Popcorn scent ghosts the midnight hour
Ticket booth keeps confessional night
You learned to breathe in choir loft air
Now balance teaches prayer by other means
Altitude makes sanctuary anywhere
The wire sings in frequencies unseen
High wire hymnal in the drive-in dark
No congregation but the wind and stars
Your balancing pole a silver crosier's arc
Walking hymns between the wrecked cars
Morning paints the screen in bruised violet
Dew beads on the cable's silver spine
Your calloused palms know every filament
Each step a note in borrowed time
High wire hymnal in the drive-in dark
No congregation but the wind and stars
Your balancing pole a silver crosier's arc
Walking hymns between the wrecked cars
Car shells rust in rows like empty pews
Weeds push through the aisle's cracked concrete
No organ swells, no stained glass blues
Just saxophone and bass discreet
High wire hymnal in the drive-in dark
No congregation but the wind and stars
Your balancing pole a silver crosier's arc
Walking hymns between the wrecked cars
Sunset gilds the screen's torn perimeter
You coil the cable, shoulder the pole
The drive-in holds its breath, caught near her
Altar of asphalt, saving your soul
High wire hymnal in the drive-in dark
No congregation but the wind and stars
Your balancing pole a silver crosier's arc
Walking hymns between the wrecked cars
High wire hymnal where the sacred starts
In the hollow where the screen once starred
Piano lingers on the final chord
Brush snare fades on the cymbal's edge
