Author Archives: ElusiveSilence

Like trying to hold water in my fist Like trying to trap sunshine in my eyes Like trying to bottle the morning breeze Like trying to ride the clouds floating by Silence is that water That sunshine That breeze Around me always But not caught with ease Rewarding, not testing Mocking nor sad Wise andContinue reading “Elusive”

The entire ocean in a drop All of eternity in a moment The grand universe in you Your story in silence In that one moment of silence I am you I become the ocean Deep and immense I become the universe No borders to defend I am eternity No beginning or end

Leave a little space At the bottom of the page To come back to Another day another time Leave a lamp burning At the end of the day To glimmer in the dark Despair of the night Leave a little distance At the end of the climb To get back to When the peak isContinue reading “Leave a little”

A light goes out With each moment I die a little death With each breath The crash of a wave The setting sun The falling star In a spiral burn The leaf turned gold The fire down to embers The wind still and slow The fire fly’s last glow And then like magic The nextContinue reading “Reborn”

If you kneeled down low And sat on the floor Had make believe tea And then asked for more Gingerly lifted the tiny cup To your lips, and smiled Complimenting lavishly And unashamedly lied ….Today is for you If you ever were brave And sat in a low chair Wincing inside, smiling outside As sheContinue reading “You are a Father”

You are silent Is it the silence of worry That weighs on your mind Or the quiet anguish Of a broken heart Is it an annoyed pout Or an angry rebellious quiet Or maybe and most likely It is the silence of your wisdom That knows that it knows And does not need any moreContinue reading “How can I tell”

If I can be anything Make me water Can rage like a storm in the ocean Or desire to be the reflecting pool Seeing everything, yet untouched Strong enough to break mountains Or kind to quench a parched soul Easy to contain in a cup But hard to hold in a closed fist Holy enoughContinue reading “Water”

If you speak But I think I know Everything already I wasted your precious words If you speak And it answers my how or why I learn How the earth turns If you speak And I become you I hear you You almost do not have to speak If you speak And my being becomesContinue reading “Every time”

The quiet slow throb Of a resting butterfly wings As if in rhythm With a heart that sings The silent rise and fall Of the ocean’s tide Matching the moods of the moon To seek or to hide The silent slow descent Of a leaf from the tree Carried by the wind To rest inContinue reading “Quietly”

The hands that first held me Were the first to sting my face Held me up in the air with joy Also showed me my place Hands that lay on my head in blessing Also ripped my clothes and left a mark Showed me God in the light of day And the devil after darkContinue reading “Hands”