The small voice
didn’t say this to me, because
the still small voice
is only at the center  –
speaks to the center, from the center,
of the center

Words that speak of the approach
are not of the center  –
they can’t wield the necessary stillness,
can’t make clear
the one most needed thing
the still small voice can tell me:
the center is here.

©Wendy Mulhern
June 22, 2022