My Private Place

Drink Deep (Michael Tyger)

I shall abide;

live and breathe

and have my being

under the shadow

of these wings

.

Here I soar

and finding rest

No more

No less

than my heart needs

.

At days end

I let them slip

these cares I cast

at caring feet

.

I sink into

a simple psalm

and let its words

be my heart's balm

.

Over and over

as the tides

There in peace

I can reside

.

The world again

with its ways

assailed me through

and left me raw

.

I return

to this healing place

and on this cloud

of unknowing wait

.

If I turn from

all this noise

and draw into

the scary silence

.

There I find

a loving voice

beyond my own

self-condemning one

.

Weary mind

and restless soul

Now be still

and be known

.

Here the well

is vast

Drink deep

And truly

you at last

can sleep

.

On the morrow

Words shall come

Write them down

Every one

.

This my secret

and my own source

keeps me whole

and on course

.

This my ever

and present love

The true

and everlasting God

.

Some may scoff

as many do

But they haven't this peace

through and through

.

I hope indeed

for all who read

to be able to enter

this place like me