Still Silence
So still this sacred place –
Sound-still, time-still, wind-still,
Stifling, still, and silent.
No one speaks and no bird sings:
Listen to the sound of silence;
The silence before the storm, or,
The silence of an empty church,
Dark and still, churchyard-still, silent.
Silent as when the final cadence dies,
The silence of unanswered questions,
The silence and stillness of the hills –
Overwhelming stillness, silence,
Silence past, silence now, and yet to be.
Timeless, silence echoes in the stillness
Of the infinite void.
Copyright © Mike Jones | Year Posted 2014
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