Awash in Stillness

 

I have seen the sea in many a guise –

Her raging troughs deep and towering crests high –

And as a paper-smooth sheet without ripple or rise –

In which stillness reigns.

 

I have seen the sky in all its glory –

Bright blue, filled with fluttering birds in flight –

But also clothed in fog and mist –

Closing in, mimicking the stillness of the night.

 

I have seen the island stand alone –

Sentinel amid the wash- 

In defiance of both wind and wave –

Unmoved in its silent stillness.

Padre

 

 

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PIC AND A WORD CHALLENGE #167: Stillness