Stillness Like An Ocean

Music, the remembrance of thy love,

In future lives will weave its melody

Into the silver silence of my soul.

As the magic of the dance enraptured me,

I longed for beauty all my life to know

As Nature held me in her vast embrace.

The seasons now with bliss undying swell,

My fount of hours overflows with Grace.

I gaze upon thy face and all is well

And shall be well when beauty comes to stay.

How I have loved the warmly setting sun

And dawn with all her glories on display,

Bright snow upon the ridges of the world,

The soil of earth on whose warm breast I lay

And mountains rising up towards heaven's calm.

No more the turbulence of youthful play

For stillness like an ocean deep and clear

Descends into this heart a golden stream,

Thy voice in answer to earth's cry I hear.

I live for this alone, for this I dream,

Not anything for self but only this –

Thy feet on earth and thy transforming kiss.