Bill Dogterom
Thursday, October 06, 2005
The 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.
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.
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today is one of those days for me - and then suddenly, out of the silence, comes forth a song, a gift that came because I left room for it.
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