Friday, February 10, 2012

A Pot of Boiling Quiet

A Pot of Boiling Quiet
You may think that peace and quiet
walk always hand in hand,
but that’s not what my life declares
through hourglass of sand.
On the bench at Marmatton
in the midst of Claude Monet,
or wandering your favorite path,
quiet hour in your day.
This is when our peace and quiet
shine through so bright and true,
but something odd can jump right in
and do it’s thing to you.
A pot of boiling quiet-
there is no peace involved.
It is so hot and bubbles up
get ready for the scald.
Now the quiet’s not so peaceful,
full of angry bitter strife.
And the tension is so thick,
you can cut it with a knife.
So I try to paint the picture
to give you a small view,
of a miss-matched quiet
hopefully not true for you.
So if your peace and peaceful
and you’re quiet real,
bask in that moment in your life.
Thank God for how you feel.

1 comment:

  1. Boiling quiet.... so appropriate. I guess this is why the Psalms are written to "musicians"... to those who break silence with sound, with song.

    Enjoyed the poem so much!

    Psalm 5:11-12

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