Unseen Presence

What unseen presence visited this home

And in the rubble courtyards of the mind

Cleared a space for silence and for calm

And in its wake left spotless hallowed rooms?

Who has descended in the darkened cave

To bring illumination and surcease

Of darkling moods and runnels of desire?

Is it Thou to whom the heart has called

And soul has seen beyond the bars of time

That flowers bloom where once were barren fields

And music with a thousand voices lifts

To new dimensions prayer and gratitude.

Have all known channels coalesced to one

Great river of an aspiration's flow

Or the fire kindled raised to towering flame?

Eyes that held these mortal eyes in thrall,

Hands that blessed the wayward tending flesh,

Words that opened doors to greater selves,

Force releasing energies of love,

O Wisdom, eminence, compassionate

Divine unseen who works Thy miracles

When knowing least we are visited

By moments of a vast transforming grace

And every cell partakes beatitude.