Photo: Cold February

 

Poem: Jan Richardson, "Blessing in the Chaos" in The Cure for Sorrow

To all that is chaotic in you,

let there come silence.
Let there be a calming
of the clamoring,
a stilling
of the voices that
have laid their claim on you,
that have made their home in you,
that go with you
even to the holy places
but will not
let you rest....

Let there be
an opening
into the quiet
that lies beneath the chaos,
where you find the peace
you did not think possible
and see what shimmers
within the storm.