listen

LISTEN

Listen to the children

Singing in the dark

Lights upon the water

Shining from afar.

Voices out of nowhere

Kingdoms in the fire

In my inner chancel

I can hear the choir.

Deep within our being

We have a holy place

Set aside for kindness

And open to God's grace

Reach silently within

To focus on the light

Through the doors  of darkness

Imprisoning  your sight.

Step toward that presence

At the closing  of the day

And  hear  the children calling

From  their own land far away.

Only in silence can we listen to the most precious of our inner voices,

And in that silence who knows whose footsteps we might hear.

JL Dec 20 11:48