Stillness by Judith Prest

Stillness is like water

moving deep inside the earth

seeping slowly between rocks

trickling down

in the dark

a tide moving inward

Stillness is the space

between breaths

inside heartbeats

the silence of the gathering wave

that never breaks

Stillness blankets me

cushions me against my own

sharp edges

wraps me in her protective shawl

keeps my tender heart

from ripping

on the thorns

of the world