Julia Fehrenbacher Poems

This is what silence said to me today:

Trust what you can't see. Move forward
despite the wobbly groundlessness
...

will not water down
words so you
can be more comfortable. She will not
...

to take the detour, the
I-don't-know-where-I'm-going
wandering way. To stand 

a little longer
...

Go gently today, don't hurry
or think about the next thing. Walk
with the quiet trees, can you believe
how brave they are—how kind? Model your life
...

Let me breathe only grace today, only
that which slows, steadies,
softens, sparks
...

Let's forget the world for a while
fall back and back
into the hush and holy
of now
...