{"id":641,"date":"2012-02-25T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T03:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blesspress.com\/journal\/?p=641"},"modified":"2012-03-01T12:24:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T01:24:36","slug":"be-still-a-poem-for-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blesspress.com\/journal\/be-still-a-poem-for-lent\/","title":{"rendered":"Be still &#8211; a poem for Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be still. Can you?<\/p>\n<p>Can you be still in silence?<\/p>\n<p>WIthout the pressure of tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>Or the loss of now to black and white or dot and no dot<\/p>\n<p>The thick scars of yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>What do they do?<\/p>\n<p>I am sitting now.<\/p>\n<p>Listening for you, my God, in this moment<\/p>\n<p>And I don&#8217;t understand what you are saying<\/p>\n<p>When you make the waves lap in rhythm<\/p>\n<p>or the ripples of the sea squiggle like profound calligraphy<\/p>\n<p>If only I could read it.<\/p>\n<p>Would I understand everything. Or would I miss the now?<\/p>\n<p>Copyright Serena Williams January 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be still. Can you? Can you be still in silence? WIthout the pressure of tomorrow Or the loss of now to black and white or dot and no dot The thick scars of yesterday. What do they do? I am sitting now. 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