Sunday, May 30, 2010

First Day Sonnet

At the Meeting for Worship on First Day,
In the midst of the stillness and silence,
When self-centered thoughts have fallen away,
I find myself open to the presence;

The presence of the light there from the start,
It is the presence of eternity
Found within all created creatures' hearts,
The gentle touch of mercy and pity,

A constant cascade from the source above,
The source of all wisdom and all that is,
The fountainhead of a limitless love
That holds nothing back, that endlessly gives.

It's beyond all our words, beyond our conceptions,
It's the source of forgiveness and of redemption.

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