# Holy Pause

> Of things I understand less and less

**Published by:** [Existential Liturgies](https://paragraph.com/@existentialliturgies/)
**Published on:** 2025-03-08
**Categories:** poetry, holy, pause, religion, deconstruction, mysticism, mythology, prayer
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@existentialliturgies/holy-pause

## Content

I'm doing it again Sweet, gentle 'thank you's delicately whispered to crisp winter air Breath forms a steamy incense as it passes through my lips Always I come back to this Though I am less and less sure how it works Sometimes I'll be driving Holding the steering wheel as a sacred relic "Thank you" It's not always focused or for anything in particular When it is, the objects of my thanks are small and consistent and many I listen as the rubber drones on the asphalt; deep and low and steady Somewhat Gregorian It always feels like there's a listener One being thanked Lately Progressively I see them nodding with approval Not to say, "you're welcome" More like They know and delight in how healing this is for me I am less and less sure how it works Tonight I stand on crisp snow In a freshly shoveled driveway For the fifth fucking night in a row Incense breath envelops my face Stars dance The new snow insulates sound and provides a holy pause "Thank you"

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