SUDDENLY THE WHEEL OF MY LIFE STOPS

STILLNESS REPLACES MOTION

AND THE SOUNDS OF LIFE DISAPPEARS INTO SILENCE

 

WITH FEAR I NOTICE THE STANDSTILL

BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN

GROWTH TOGETHER WITH MOTION

AND WISDOM TOGETHER WITH WORDS

 

UNREST AND APPREHENSION CREEP UP IN ME

I CRAVE FAMILIAR MOTIONS

AND PREDICTABLE WORDS

 

BUT THEN I NOTICE YOUR HAND IN THE SPOKES

AND MY EYES ARE OPENED

TO THE LIFE PULSING THROUGH THE STILLNESS

AND MY EARS ARE OPENED

 

TO THE SILENCE ALIVE WITH YOU

RESTING CAN BE WORKING

MOTION CAN BE STANDSTILL

 

DISINTEGRATION IS OFTEN THE FIRST PHASE OF REBIRTH

AND THE DESERT IS IMMEASURABLY RICH IN LIFE

TO THE INNER EYE THAT SEES BEYOND

THE SAND AND THE SILENCE

 

by Ulrich Schaffer

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