'I beseech You, Spirit of the slow-ticking wall clock, expand my sense of Mystery, infuse my aging adult days with timelessness' Photo: by Mark Timberlake on Unsplash
Goshen Friends Meeting
Poem by Caroline Balderston Parry
by Caroline Balderston Parry
1st October 2021
Shadows of my childhood family align along this
plain meetinghouse bench in Chester County,
where I have come to worship. Once our row was
anchored by my strong blue serge-suited Father.
Now I sit immersed in today’s quiet, seeking Source.
