Saint Julian Press Poet
Fred LaMotte - Author and Poet
SILENCE (A PROSE POEM)
When we refrain from speaking the word 'Love,' we can hear
wings descending through the silence. When we refrain from
using the word 'God,' these wings settle on our mouths, like a kiss.
That is the kiss that the Silent One gives us Now.
الصمت
عندما
نمتنع عن
التفوّه
بكلمة
"الحب"، نسمع أجنحة
تحلق من خلال
الصمت. عندما
نمتنع عن التفوّه
بكلمة
"الله"،
تستقرّ تلك
الأجنحة على أفواهنا،
مثل قبلة. هي
قبلة الواحد الساكن يمنحنا
إياها الآن.
Fred LaMotte
Copyright 2012
Translated into Arabic by Dana Chamseddine
Fred LaMotte is an interfaith college chaplain at The Evergreen State College in Olympia WA, as well as an adjunct instructor in World Religions, teaching college courses through distance learning program for deployed military personal. Fred is a Quaker. He has degrees from Yale University and Princeton Theological Seminary.