Sue Patton Thoele

Our inner cup of wisdom

Only in the oasis of silence can we drink deeply from our inner cup of wisdom.

Out of the oasis of silence can we drink deeply from our inner cup of wisdom.

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White bird flying in the silence
take my soul with you.

I, a sparrow in God's sleeve,
nestled in the creamy folds,
fed with manna sweet as honey
from the honeycomb.

White bird flying
in the silence,
take my soul with you.

~ from INSIDE DREAMING by Shirley Daves