Say Nothing At All

I’ve struggled with my praise today,

I know I have so much to say,

But all my words have slipped away.

So I will pause, be still and pray.

Oh Lord, I hear the steady rain

That washes down my window pane

And all the thoughts that still remain

Are tapping to the rain’s refrain.

The flat gray sky, the matching sea,

The gray sand beach, the stranded tree.

No birdsong and no birds to see,

Just tides that murmur sleepily.

I wanted to make some great plea,

Some parable told poignantly.

Instead you’ve lead my heart to be

At peace through all that you’ve shown me.