This house has become my monastery

This house has become my monastery.
No women in sight.  Whole days go by
without a human voice.  Things are sweetly
simple.  A single blossom in the window's sky.
This house has become my monastery.

Even cooking becomes a prayer.  I proceed
upstairs by Jacob's ladder.  The world outside
goes by without a glance.  All's here I need.
For the Lord's embassy has come inside.
This house has become my monastery.