Silence the memory,
Silence the imagination.
Silence the fantasy,
Silence the ambition,
Silence the vision,
Transform and change me in ways I do not understand,
Allow me to cherish a moment of grace,
A simple unknown sitting in awareness,
The continual exercise of prayer,
Not for pleasure,
Not for perception,
Not for reputation,
Not to be hidden,
Not for spiritual empowerment,
A harvesting of profound utilitarian riches,
The increasing of faith and charity,
The resilience of interior space shaped by you O Lord,
Lovingly forming,
Hope endowed through releasing pain,
Abrasive smoothing of erotic musings,
Possibilities and choices quieted,
Time and patience accepted,
Growth implanted,
A process continued,
The self-willed hope of things unseen dissipated,
The hope of eternity prevailing,
Wisdom attained in the surrender,
Acquiescence and passive reception,
A photograph of a childhood lived,
A black and white first communion,
Blessed with a birth sister companion,
A shared experienced unconfined,
The love of God supreme,
Silence the memory,
Silence the imagination,
Silence the fantasy,
Silence the intention,
Silence the stranger,
Awaken the friend on into a lover,