Monday, June 13, 2022

Sheer silence

 Haiku for the fearful


Fearful Elijah

receiving Jezebel’s threat,

decides to clear out.


Hiding in a cave

on the holy Mount Horeb

he hears God’s question.


I have done your will,

Lord, and my life is at risk,

so I ran away.


Stand on the mountain,

wait and watch, because the Lord

is about to pass.


In turn, a great wind,

an earthquake and fire surround;

God is not in them.


A sound of silence,

sheer and still, tells Elijah

that the Lord is here.


In silence, stillness,

mystery; God’s voice. Questions;

perhaps some answers.


The question is asked,

and answered. Return, Prophet,

and get on with it.


© Ken Rookes 2022

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