Witness-Self Approaching

A vague hiatus quells the deeper prayer

Though desert dryness troubles not the soul

An approaching stillness felt upon the air,

An instant's peace in the climb to a distant goal.

A meditative atmosphere to span

The reach of being seeking for its light

Enveloping the moment and the man

Descends to wake within the inner sight.

All rises from hidden depths to scrutiny,

All imperfections are held before our eyes

To offer to the transforming divinity

That from our mortal threshold we may rise

To spirit greatness fulfilling God's desire

In forms new-made aglow with the inner fire.