I was seven years old. I approached the priest in earnest… “I want to take the lord Jesus in… He instructed me to kneel and pray… A week passed.

Forgiveness? Not on your life. My life was stolen from me. For what?

I commit myself to God; sometimes, not often. I believe in God; sometimes,

I am here now. I have removed my outer garments, placed my trust within your circle… I have come because you promised. You told me you would be here

Way up there on that hill of yours; that most hard-won ivory tower. Hiding there behind your perfect guise

The old priest gazes out upon his… each head bowed before the sacred… A scarred and broken bodied warrio… seeking inner peace and final abso… An elderly wealthy man of commerce…

There’s a voice deep inside getting stronger every day. I cannot deny the message these urgent words proclaim. Why bother?

Cast adrift in an unknown sea. By my pride. Alone Missing you,

For those who only know oasis it must be difficult to fathom another way of life beyond the wal… amidst the shifting dunes. Those that follow gypsy trails

Everything he has ever been taught alerts him to avert that dancing f… What is it then that demands he mu… proceed towards his certain fiery… Some deep and ancient voice within

I see no reason now to disguise this naked heart and soul of mine. You can hide there

This trembling grief is for a long lost soul, a young, guileless child I once knew as me. I truly believed

Listen. There it is. The hum of perfect silence at the centre of all that is, and isn’t.

God has spoken. I have been listening, the message is clear. The psalm itself is silent, if the psalmist’s voice falls stil…