23) Poem – Solitaire

Solitaire

     Shuffling the cards

          Here with mom

     Time of waiting

Rain is falling

     Sky is grey

           Speckled water

     Gentle ripples

Here at the cabin

     Friends gone home

           Doing laundry

     Listening

Interior silence

     What I desire

          To hear Your Voice

     To receive Your message

It comes in Scripture

     Your Word shows Your Face

          I want to see You

    See with my heart

What is Your message?

      For me here, this day

           Now

      In this quiet place

You call me to come

     Come to the silence

          Come to the solitude

     Come to just Be

Be here with Me

      Gaze on My Face

           Looking at you

      With love and acceptance

So very quiet

     Just the tap of the keys

           Stillness outside

      Stillness within

Be still with Me

      Rest on my shoulder

            Quiet your heart

      Trust in My love

No major message

      Just to be still

            Time away from chaos

       Noise of the world

No rushing about

       No watching the time

             Nothing scheduled

       Just to be here with Me

Help me receive this

        Let it soak through my being

              Bringing interior silence

        Like Mary, Your Mother

Blessed Mother, help me

       Help me to listen

            Help me be still

       To live beneath your heart

There with Jesus

       Twins in your womb

             Conceived in you through baptism

       Til born to eternal life

Eternal life starts now

       Each time I stop

             Take a deep breath

       Receive Your love

Thank you Lord praise You

       This gift of time

             Time to slow down

       To abide in Your love

May I come here often

       Both cabin and interior

            Return to this place

       No matter where I am

Close to Your heart Lord

       Held near by Mary

              Called to live Jesus

       St Frances de Sales, pray for me…

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