I PRAY A QUIET LAKE

[Gabrielle Dean]

I PRAY A QUIET LAKE

 I drove around an old lake

a quiet lake surrounded by tall trees

I breathed in the sense of peace that was nothing more 

than the natural world

Slowly going about its business of beauty.

 

Even in the most difficult times, the most hectic times

We are embraced by the endless cycles of life around us

We are held in the palm of peace, if only we pause to see it.

 

I pray a quiet lake in your life

The scent of rain in the distance.

 

Steven Charleston ‘Spirit Wheel: Meditations from an [American] Indigenous Elder