Guide Me Into An Unclenched Moment

by Ted Loder

Gentle me,

Holy One,

into an unclenched moment,

   a deep breath,

      a letting go

         of heavy expectancies,

            of shriveling anxieties,

               of dead certainties,

that, softened by the silence,

   surrounded by the light,

      and open to the mystery,

I may be found by wholeness,

   upheld by the unfathomable,

      entranced by the simple,

         and filled with the joy

            that is you.