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Silence is a green, secluded garden, Where you may walk at leisure, and speak with the Beloved ... Leaving the outer world of noise and hurry To walk serenely on prayer's holy sod.
Silence is a garden sweet with fragrance, Its grasses nurtured by faith's gentle rain, Its every bloom a link with God, our Creator.
Once you have wandered there, you will return again, And in the garden's beauty, be made whole ... In the Silence, the quiet garden of the Soul.
~ author unknown, contributed by Fredi Brown, Bradenton, FL