At Wakefield Meeting 1991...

"We utterly deny all outward wars & strife & fighting with outward weapons, for any end or under any pretense whatsoever."

(George Fox, Declaration to Charles II, 1661)

Version below is 'cleaner' (& easier to read). As we know "cleanliness" is said to be "next to godliness" -

FRIENDS  MEETING

this circle is a pool of silence

warm & light

within it

worries are washed away

 ripples will disturb the surface

deep down all is still

"Be still & know that I am God," Psalm 48:10