Freeze This Moment!

Photo by Karen Wood

 (Rose garden angel at Beverly Hall, Quakertown, PA -- http://www.soul.org/)

I brush away a wayward hair ~

Then wonder if it was actually

An angel who touched me ...

For there was no hair.

I feel a softness against my face ~

And know it to be cool air

From the humming window air conditioner ...

Or an Unseen Guide.

I almost dare not move ~

For it would put a ripple

In the thick Love

That surrounds my Being.

I want to remain trapped in the Stillness.

I want to drown in the Soup

Of The Holy Presence.

I want the deafening Silence

To lull me to Eternal Sleep.

Freeze this moment!

Oh, Holy Presence!

As I sit here burning

With love for You,

Please freeze me!

~ By Karen Wood

Your Singular Voice

Come forth!
In the Stillness ...
That small Voice
From within ...

Speak to me, please!

Let me hear You
Echoing off my distractions,
Whispering between the layers
Of my busy mind-chatter.

Come forth!
Voice from On High!
Voice from The Depths!

Let Your Love murmurings
Resound above all else
That occupies my mind and attention ...

Speak to me, softly ~
Or in a mighty roar!

It matters not
How
You speak to me!

Grant me only
Ears to hear
Your Singular Voice ...

As I lovingly listen ~
May I eat every Word
Until my Being becomes Your Echo ~
Your Voice in the wilderness.

May I learn to speak as You speak ...
In and through
Silence.

~ By Karen Wood