A Retreat

is a dance

of another kind,

each step moving to

the rhythm of sacred music

pausing and pulsing

through the words of the divine

as spoken by the preacher.

You step back

into a world of soft silence      

that echoes past periods

of pure pain.

Then a step forward

swings you around

to a new cadence of

soul searching.

Ah, the lacy cobwebs

of life’s story

hang by strands,

as scenes sweep by

in quick succession

then waltz on to

new heights.

Shake out the old

twist in the new

and step into

a slow foxtrot of

steady beats.

A symphony of sound

beckons the retreatant

to explore hidden depths

buried in forgotten canyons.

What a treat

to move away

from the humdrum of life

and be recreated again.