The Voice of Silence

I Am
The voice of silence
The shadow of shadows
Unknown and unknowable

I Am
The invisible eternity
The beginning and ending of time
Dreaming up new eternities
for you to become

I Am
Yet I yearn to become
To discover who I am
To see myself reflected in your dream
when you become

Silence
Silence
Silence
In eternity

It is but a moment of joy
When I dream up new eternities
for you to see
for me to become

I am the voice of silence
whispering in your heart
Expressing your innermost longing
because you are me

I long to give you that, just that
For in your longings I become
Keep on dreaming
Keep on whispering

I am the shadow of shadows
Hiding inside that, and this, and that
Yet I remain invisible
Except to the blind

In the shadows I dream of light
Yet I am no longer there
when the first ray of light
burst into being
The shadow is gone
echoing in deep eternity

I am that deep
Unknown and unknowable
except to your heart
Keep on dreaming
Keep on whispering
Let me out

by Rolf Jackson