It Feels Like
Living in an Ancient Tomb
In retreat, a day of recollection
In a place of great peace
Where does it come from?

This place where the martyrs lie
Beneath the ground in the ancient tombs
A time when peace was in pain
Now the young are in search of a way
In the world of the third millennium
Living in quiet and in study

Encountering the past to blaze a future
To be in silence, to connect at once
With the ancients and the post-moderns
Something seeps through the body into the soul
The spirit dwells within and hovers
speaks and helps listen to voices
In hymn, in chant, in words
Being here in peace for now.