Christopher Hansard:[Still of the Night]

Have you in the still of night

heard the roaring of the divine?

have you heard the soft growling

of wisdom on the prowl ?

have you felt your ego tremble

or your mind become afraid?

for all our sufferings are based upon

the mind which does not exist

and our habits which

are merely

furnishings for fear

have you felt the falcon of light

dive in the darkest night

with outstretched talons to rip and tear

at the fragile life

that we all so fondly hold?

the times of life and death are brief

and are paths for our psyche

to shake off the lessons that are learnt

and thus to be reformed

have you in the still of night

stopped to listen

to the voice of love that

calls your name

in silence?

It speaks in grace and of grace too

it offers up a subtle freedom

for if you wish liberation

you need to give it up

in the silence of the night

you can hear the turning of the earth

and the mystery in the making

is the womb of your rebirth