Silence is calling me...

I need and long to hear it once again

For only in Silence am I truly free

Free to hear, free to mend...

For the noise of life becomes too much...

And it seems that I might break

I want to scream to others, Hush!

There's not much more I can take!

In the silence of my bed alone,

Not even God will speak...

In the silence of the night I roam

In its arms the peace I seek...

Then in the quiet I'm cradled and warm

And a song comes gentle to my ear

For in the silence is when I hear my Lord,

"Come, my child, there's nothing to fear..."

"Jesus loves the little children,"

Then..."Jesus loves me, this I know"...

And, "What a Friend..."

"For the Bible tells me so..."

In the silence as the new day begins,

Cats purring, rain, and cock-a-doodle-doo

Listening only for the sounds He sends...

"Be not dismayed,"

today, I'll "take care of you..."

                                                  --1998