SOFTENED BY THE SILENCE

I Love You

“Gentle me,

Holy One,

into an unclenched moment,

a deep breath,

a letting go

of heavy experiences,

of shriveling anxieties,

of dead certainties,

that, softened by the silence,

surrounded by the light,

and open to the mystery,

I may be found by wholeness,

upheld by the unfathomable,

entranced by the simple,

and filled with the joy

that is you.” ~Ted Loder

ART: “Gentle Me” 2017