RENEWAL
How quickly the world
Can change outside
When we are told
To stay inside
Behind each door
Frightened alone
Wondering when
We might be called home
All our lives
All the distractions
Stifled, shut down
Can’t find satisfaction
All that we do
All these distractions
Gone in an instant
Total inaction
All we have left
Is who we are
The wonderful glory
Comes to the fore
The love, the self
Without any hindrance
Emerges from sleep
Shines with abundance
Freed from encumbrance
We can let ourselves shine
Show who we are
Reveal the divine
The goodness, the love
As we help each other
Brings a light to the world
Bright like no other
We think we have lost
But really we’ve gained
An insight, an opening
A relief from the pain
The pan of living
Of doing and getting
Of never enough
Who we are, forgetting
Now we can’t
We must be still
Must listen carefully
To hear God’s will
Our way of life
Has gone forever
Now we must learn
How to BE, but better
True to ourselves
Our spirit, our source
Go forward in love
Take a different course
This pain will be deep
But we WILL recover
A better way of life
We will discover
The silence, the stillness
Let us stop and be
Reflect and wonder
Ourselves truly see