stay
take this time we share
for all that it is worth
unreasoned joy a gift
and whisper of a birth
stay for a while
be with me now
find your lost smile
some day, somehow
excerpt from “stay”
Platitudes and easy answers: the way of the world.
Platitudes and easy answers: the way of denial.
After a death: he had a good innings, as if the pain of loss can somehow be refused.
In the face of tragedy: there is reason for everything, as if sorrow can be neatly folded and tidied away.
Sometimes, though, there are no words to soothe.
Sometimes words simply wound and frustrate.
Sometimes all that is left to say is in the silence.
And in the being with, lost smiles are found.
Listening to this lovely song driving home from work – the words were calming, reassuring… sometimes it can be hard to find the right words in sorrow, tragedy, despair, to comfort another, – when words fail- music speaks – reaching deep into our very being… caressing our soul. Sometimes, when I find it hard to pray- I know Jesus understands – like enjoying time with a good friend, there are no awkward silences. He knows what is in my heart and it is in the stillness I find the peace I seek, perhaps even my true self. Are folks afraid of silence, alone with their innermost thoughts… what do you think?