The silence is deeper here

The silence is deeper

here, encased in canyon

walls, air filtered

dry of remaining

vestiges of noise, enclosing

the life moving within.

The silence is deeper

here, embroidered by sacred

songs rising, words distilled

pure of extraneous and

unnecessary matter, encircling

the silence pulsating within.

The silence is deeper

here.

Photograph: View from the balcony, Laity Lodge, looking down the Frio River.