in the quiet

in the quiet

i will make my peace

with all of the painful memories

under this cloak of silence

I will recognise the limits of my power

and remember that

as much as i care

I can not take away

any soul’s suffering

that is theirs to bear

just as mine was and is

in the time of peace

that steals in as the light begins to deepen

here on the tattered perimeters of night

i will understand

how much loneliness dogged me

and how often

even on the path of healing

i would be set apart

in the quiet I will look only to you

my soul and to the angels

for comfort

for even as humans leave me

i know in the depths of my soul

I am never truly alone

because in the peace of quiet

i always find

my way home

to my eternal self