Ripples in the Quiet

Water falls

It hums

It sings

Echoes dance on quiet strings

A puddle holds the moon tonight

Soft and still

No end in sight

Ripples in the quiet

Oh they spread so slow

What they touch

What they know

Ripples in the quiet

Let the silence show

All the words we’ll never know

Shadows stretch

The clock unwinds

Dripping dreams through tangled vines

A thought slips out

It floats

It fades

Carried by the slow cascades

Ripples in the quiet

Oh they spread so slow

What they touch

What they know

Ripples in the quiet

Let the silence grow

All the words we’ll never show

A rush

A swell

The heart takes flight

Breaking free from the velvet night

But even storms will calm

Subside

And leave the water soft inside

Ripples in the quiet

Fading soft

So low

Where they end

I’ll never know

Ripples in the quiet

Drifting where they go

All the silence

All the flow