Held

Velvet silence all around

Gloom of late afternoon

Holds precious bittersweet memories

A sense of peace and falling

Calls you to

Rest a while here

In this autumnal quiet

Tinge of leaves turning

Is revealed slowly

Along with a sense of peace

The likes of which I cannot say

Has ever come before

I feel held here

As angels speak to me of things

Their voices sounding out so clearly

From deep within

Secrets that could only have become clear

After I was torn apart

From other things

That blocked the light

Stillness seems so pregnant

In these precious moments

Everything now seems so right

Deep down inside

I know I could not wish for more

Everything I need is here

As the calm and silence

Cradles my beating heart

So very tenderly

In its open palm