Oceanic silence

Oceanic silence                                                                                           
 
More attention should be paid,
I’ve gathered lately, to the silence
 
Meher pointed to, gestured with,
the absolute quietude between thoughts
 
rather than to thought itself.
Let intense listening displace thoughts,
 
prolong the silence, reveal it as backdrop
ever there beneath the monologue.
 
O to test the waters in a long,
uninterrupted stretch, deep as the grave,
 
of that Avataric, oceanic silence –
a divorce from the inner clamor
 
stealing me from the garden, falsely telling me
(incessantly) who I am and Who I am not.
 
O child of God, to hear the Word of God,
cease listening to your own propaganda.