Quietly

Quietly in this moment

I feel your breath

Against my cheek

As we watch seven magpies fly

Towards the horizon

Calm is here

And tenderness too

On a gentle afternoon

As all the world winds its wheels

Slowly down

In preparation for a new week

What cares do we have

As here

We quietly lay

Sensing the gentle closing of the day

Nothing but love

Surrounding us in this moment

Heavens above

Sometimes

An intimation of paradise comes

In these glimpses

Of softly tinged dusk

When the whispered intimations

Of coming home

Resound deeply within

Our hearts and souls

And gladness rises

As emptiness leaves

With the whispered touch

Of late afternoon breeze

As all around us

Life

Quietly breathes