A Carthusian : Matrix of Solitude

A Carthusian

Matrix of Solitude

Solitude, the golden womb of song,

Matrix of powerlessness in Christ's heart.

Here is the living vomb of grace, the mould

Of Love's intimacy that forms the song

Of peace lifting hands open in trust.

Perfect my soul, Great Solitude, song

All embracing mendng the splintered heart.

Silence, symbol of God, within, without.

Unmeasured, intangible yet real, skein

Woven with grace: hands open in trust.

Sacred Solitude, the pilgrim's song

Over the dusty road, the hidden heart

Of Jesus in whom he walks. Silenced, the wind

Fanning "the first cast on earth", the light

Of love, joyful with hands open in trust.

For Bo and Marianne Cavefors