The Gift Time Stole

Can I be still for a moment--

Listening to the sound of the wind

How it passes gently through the trees...

Can I be still--just this one moment

Silence: the sound of the passing breeze

How it flutters around me with such ease

And I--helplessly falling to my knees...

A slave bound to time

Unable to be still

For the world will not stop

Work to survive--

     to just get by

But I'm looking for something beautiful

Something I know is right.

What is this stillness?

This quiet moment overwhelms--

Peace, like a lily 

     heavy in the morning dew

Peace, like the dream that always comes true

And I--still in this moment waiting--

Starring out at the horizon, blue

Waiting for the clarity I accrue...

Let go of time

Let it stand still

And when you stop

For moment passing by

The world is beautiful

The world feels right.