walking oceanside

Let me be a monk 

But may my abbey be the sea

Let me live a hermit 

But may the world my cloister be

Let me live in constant prayer

But may it be enough to breathe

Let me give up all perfection

But learn just to receive 

Let me rest in still and silence

Awed by all I hear and see

And let me join the celebration

Of the life alive and free