HERE I RETURN by Brigid Clare Oak

This moment, this breath, is Holy Ground...

Although I work efficiently and hard, can multitask when necessary, and somehow have had energy enough to raise three children, I am a woman who deeply appreciates, and needs, stillness and quiet. This gentle space is where I return again and again for refreshment, renewal, and re-connection with the Blessed Source and Center of All That Is. 

Here I Return

by Brigid Clare Oak

Just to be with You

Just to breathe with You

Thou Who Art Being

Thou Who Art Breath

You Are the Word

Speaking in the Silence

and the Great Movement

found most profoundly

Present in the stillness of the soul.

This moment,

this breath,

is Holy Ground;

Where I curl gently inward

as a small seed to be planted,

or a womb-warmed babe,

so graciously granted

a place deep within

Your Divine Tenderness.

Here I return

day after day,

soft in the Love

that whisks me away

from all words,

into the praise

of Sacred Gaze,

and the prayer

of my beating heart.

How I crave

these moments apart;

away from the noise

and glare of distraction;

alone in intimate inaction…

Just to be with You

Just to breathe with You

Thou Who Art Being

Thou Who Art Breath.

Brigid Clare Oak lives a quiet life of poetry, prayer, and presence. She is a liturgist, vocalist, and composer of spiritual songs, and works also in the field of elder care and companioning. Brigid is mother to three beloved children; two grown sons and a teenage daughter. Together they enjoy copious amounts of tea, laughter, and love. 

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