Stillness and Silence

By R. Samuel Braden 

In stillness we travel
In silence we sing
The mind ever agile
Calls us to take wing

But our bodies unmoving
Our feet resting high
In stillness unending
In silence we sigh

A world full of wonder
By pictures we see
Content in our plunder
Docile and free

In stillness we view it
In silence we show
The wonders of nature
That we barely know

But our bodies complacent
Our feet resting high
In stillness subsistent
In silence we cry

Enthralled to our comfort
For granted we take
Give up at the effort
Half-hearted we make

In stillness we ponder
In silence we plan
The desire to wander
Comes on us again

But our bodies are aging
Our feet resting high
In stillness we're raging
In silence we die