Silence is

'Silence is' by Matt Grant

by Matt Grant 3rd January 2014

What is this silence in which we sit?

Yes, a solemnly maintained sacrament,
Yes, a strange keeping of the sabbath,
But also, much more,

Silence is the builder of HaMakom,
  a sacred temple in which we commune,

Silence is a sanctuary for Shekinah,
  known to others as Huwa or Shen or Om,
      a thin place in which human awakens to divine,