calm. gillian hodge

ART by JULIA LINDSAY WORDS by GILLIAN HODGE

calm.

When you hold my hand, the world is calm Like someone pressed the sticky pause button On a remote in the back of my desk drawer Putting the world on hold just for me.

You grip my hand, and pull me forward Into the blinding light of a new day And as we’re walking, I can hear everything… The wind whispering in the trees The crunching of the leaves beneath your boots The soft sigh of another person at peace

And closing my eyes, I feel it all… The sun on my face The warmth of your fleeting presence The hug of the breeze as it flies around me And you’re beautifully quiet, but it says enough.

Some say that peace is hidden in the eye of the storm But for me, peace is hidden in you

And as we return, and the world starts up again I’m overwhelmed by messages and phone calls Letters piled high in the front hall Taunts and cries and relentless thoughts And I can’t find the remote to make it stop

But I still hold onto the serenity Your hand in mine The calm you give me in a screaming world. x