Stillness of Hope

That feeling

Empty

Hollow

Old

Lonely…

Could it be

(O Glory)

Necessary

Precursor

(Steeping in fear)

To holding still

Spaciousness

Interior

(O loathing)

Fecund

Sloughing

Active inaction

(O mercy)

To prepare a way

A broken deserted

Way

But still

A way

To hope