In The Stillness of a Moment

In the Stillness of a Moment
Quiet and Perfect,
Surrounded by
that Silence,
I am Whole.

In the Stillness of a Moment,
Just A Second in Time,
I am Comforted;
And can Know; that
All is as it should be
That was, when I was with her.

Even Alone in the Stillness,
when we're Apart,
When I know That she
is Present
In the Space that we Forget,

There's a Softness still
In that Darkness Surrounding.
Soothing, almost like her Warmth.
In this Space, this Softness,
this Dark Comforting Silence.

In the Stillness of a Moment,
I am at Peace with Myself.
And with her.

And Then the Fear arrives,
Like a thief in the Night.
It Robs me of my Balance;
It creeps, and blinds me,
And convinces me of Loss.
And the Scam of it all Remains:
Nothing has changed in that solitary Moment.
All but the Veil remains Unchanged,
Unharmed, Unmoved in Space.

If only I would wait for the Stillness to Return
The Veil to be lifted, once more
And I am Surrounded, again by "...the Peace
the Passes all Understanding..."
And Share in Communion with her again
In that Space,
That is Created for only her and me.

I am learning to wait and be One
with Myself
One with the Peace.
Learning to Create Home
in this House.
The house of Which I am
A house to my Maker
A home to my Soul,
And, perhaps, One day
An Open Hearth -- an Invitation
To my Love.

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