BE STILL, BE QUIET
Be still, be quiet
My clamoring soul
Cease your wild flailing
Insisting on having
Your own way
Immediately
Be still, be quiet
My tempestuous heart
Let go and let be
What is supposed to be
In its own time
In its own way
Be still, be quiet
My fettered mind
Rise above
The temporary, the transient
See your life from above
As though from the moon
And your perspective will be altered
Permanently
Be still, be quiet
My restless spirit
And know
The power, the energy
Of life, of creation
Is encountered
In the still, quiet
Voice of calm
Within
The whisper
Of love
The breath
Of the cosmos
By Sister Ioanna
St. Innocent Monastic Community,
Redford, MI
From: DANCING in the PRESENCE, published by Firebird Videos, Audios & Books