VOICES OF HOPE
SHHHHH
By Audrey Hope

I have been looking for you. Lord,
In all the days of my life.

Asking, praying, begging — trying for you.
I bowed so low to masters, I knocked my soul.
I chanted so loud, I cracked the thundering sky.
This way. That way.
Zigzagging drums and clanging trumpets —
My head a war zone of noise.
Please stop the Cacophony — I scream —
My brain is exploding.

And with hands over my ears, holding for mercy,
I crawl into the forest, through the trees, under the sky,
Near the birds, in flowers, beside a pond —
To finally — to SILENCE.

Shhhhh — the wind whispered.
Shhhhh — the air spoke.

In sacred surrender,
I hear the new holy sound — SHHHHH.

I hear the magnificent beauty of the magnificent earth.
Nature, my blessed teacher,
In glorious stillness,
Finally, at once, teaching me you!!

SHHHHH —
God is in the silence.

Audrey Hope is the spiritual counselor at Passages Rehab in Malibu, and host/producer of REAL WOMEN, an international award-winning talk show dedicated to life-altering perspectives. Please visit www.hopesrealwomen.com
   

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