Shanti Om

Everything was falling apart within me

I knew it and floundered even further

For a time I found respite 

Sheltered in the warmth 

of Alice's faith

I was able to keep going

to keep living for a while longer

Eventually I had to leave

the difficulties of my old ways 

Alice helped me begin the journey

Listening to her voice 

I can remember the beauty

and healing I felt

I have gone so much farther 

than I could have imagined

How grateful I am to be here

How grateful I am to be

Slow chant moving through 
How easily the soul sings
Sounds from the body

A language I can hear but
cannot understand.
Words of praise and healing-
your voice touches me
raises me to awareness

multitudes

The heart of this life is calling to me
Voice in multitudes
A choir of pure exaltation
Calling me to faith
Belief in more than mere I
Connection to the Sun and Moon
To their rise and setting
From dirt I came to life
To it I shall return
This brief time
is passing and I seek
answers I do not expect
to receive. I seek
because I must
because this journey
could take many lifetimes.

To wake and
find oneself
in a calm 
and meditative
peace.