and in the half-light of the abbey church, <br />candles flickering, <br />a kneeling stillness <br /> <br />for years of days <br />prayer <br />so that to be is to pray <br />to pray is to be and <br /> <br />to be is to love and <br />to love is to understand for <br /> <br />there are no questions <br />when silence holds all answers <br /> <br />candles flickering, <br />a kneeling stillness<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/monk-1/
