Quiet Me
Written to Speak Blog.
Written by Tanner Olson.
@writtentospeak
@writtentospeak
quiet me free
still me to see
with clear eyes
there is freedom
in peace
There are days I wake up with a mind that doesn’t seem to grasp the meaning of rest.
Or still.
Or peace.
And so I pray.
Or I try to pray.
I take a few deep breaths.
I let the silence meet me where I am.
I picture the light breaking through the darkness.
I don’t know why, but that’s what I picture.
It’s holy and peaceful and promising.
I guess that’s why.
I invite my head to unfold like my hands and hand it all over.
To no longer carry what my mind has gripped with anxiousness and over-thinking and all the other things that seek to pull me from where I need to be.
My morning prayers are groggy thoughts seeking a foundation; a place to stand tall in the confidence of a forever hope.
It’s almost as if I’m running towards His outstretched hands desperately trying to grasp a peace that passes all of my understanding, yet perfectly meets me where I am.
It perfectly meets me where I am.
My prayers aren’t poetic or perfect, but they don’t need to be.
And when I say amen, I know then, and only then, can I begin.
It begins with amen.
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Tanner Olson is a writer, speaker, poet, spoken-word artist, & creator of Written to Speak.
He created Written to Speak to share hope & announce love.