halite (Matthew 5:13-20)

while there may be
        (roughly)
     14,000 uses for
                  salt,
  our preference
        is to use it
     the same way
     we have always done . . .
              as a
           preservative,
  successfully inhibiting any
                 chances of
         growth;

but you,
     knowing that
  we carry within us
           particles from
       creation's seas,
     would have us
                enhance
  the world
          around us.

we've removed all those
     bright, old-fashioned,
         incarnation bulbs,
  replacing them with
           CFLs
    (ContemporaryFaithLite)
anticipating we will
       see savings (in the first
                    year alone)
  of some
                         22%;

but you,
  watching the shadows
       creep across the kingdom's
                   lawn,
     would have us
  turn up the dimmer (all
                the way)
       on the walls of our
           souls,
     so others might
  be able to
        see what your
    fuss
is all about.

(c) 2011 Thom M. Shuman
(halite is the mineral form salt comes in)