With arms wide open

With arms wide open
like jesus on the cross
shoulders sqaure
to finger tips,
we let things in
with no defence,
and eventually
we repent this decision.

With arms closed shut
fore arms pressed
to our chest,
we can't let anything in
and push away those
we love,
and this
is no good either.

So perhaps
arms stright out infront
is how we should
approach life,
create a channel
for that which
we wish
to enter,
but arms close enough
together,
to close on that which we don't.