Rhythms of Silence

How deeply stirs the stillness

     filled with the silence of great love

     rich with the melodies of silent songs

     overflowing with glories unspoken

          and unspeakable

Oh Lord

     I can’t hear you.

Be still

     silent

          and know

Surface froth of bursting bubbles

     crashing waves of noise after noise after noise

     random riffs of chaos passing for rhythm

     saying everything that needs to be said and

          so much more more more

Such courage is needed

     to abandon my own frantic meaningless

     noise in favor of . . .

          what feels like nothing

but is as far from nothing as is possible

Oh Lord

     Speak in a voice more

          familiar

Be still

     silent

          know

     there is no voice

          more familiar

          than shared silence

Oh Lord

     tune my heart

          to silence

          to the

               rhythms of your

               stillness.