The Lighter Side of Human Nature. The Power of STILLNESS

  The Lighter Side of Human Nature

The Power of STILLNESS

"The sun sets with the Angelus,

as creatures go to their lair,

stillness reigns in the night

until the return of light. " - avr

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Dr Abe V Rotor

Tranquility in a Forest in acrylic by the author.

1. Stillness and Meditation

Silence, oh elusive silence,.

take me to your realm divine

where good and evil part,

that I may find a new start,

that begins in the heart.

2. Stillness and the Loving Heart

Throb oh heart, throb the magic of love,

lest desire may turn into lust,

blinding the senses in Freudian ido;

Browning, Ben Jonson, come

with your art of love on hand.

3. Stillness and the Arts

Soar into the heavens for peace and quiet,

let imagination rule over reason,

creativity reigns supreme in stillness,

spawning the great masterpieces.

4. Stillness and Scholarship

Fishing not for fish but ideas,

the rod bends, the line quivers -

a big fish bites, pulls, rages,

oh stillness, tool of the sages.

5. Stillness and the Longing Heart

When the heart throbs for someone far away,

of a place you can't go for the moment or nevermore,

of things lost and can no longer be found,

or wishing the good old days were here,

stillness, stillness must reign,

in fullness and profound.

6. Stillness and the Weary Heart 

When doubt clouds the mind and shrouds the view,

which road to take of the two,

take the less trodden, more so the fresh path;

stillness – but never the heart to a halt.

7. Stillness and the Grieving Heart

In the dark hours of life the night is long,

the dawn comes late or seems it never comes,

grief and pain they are inseparable:

the mind, body and spirit;

stillness brings back the joy and wit.

8. Stillness and the Raging Heart

When rages the heart cascading wild,

chartless in a sea of tempest,

seeing the shore no more,

stillness shall give you rest.

9. Stillness and Nature

Calm is the sea but a sleeping volcano,

the sky is blue, the river meandering to the sea,

a child of creation I'm from the stillness of the womb,

to the stillness of hereafter.

10. Stillness and Angelus

The sun sets with the Angelus,

as creatures go to their lair,

stillness reigns in the night

until the return of light. ~