Solstice
Peace my friend,
Peace in the darkness,
as sun shortens its bright arch
and moon rules the day,
pull in, unplug; the time of gathering
has ceased. Huddle around fires of inner
reserves. Gather ‘round solstice flame,
bonfires of wood and soul, of authenticity,
and deeper connection. Face to face,
touchable, reliable. Friends, family, soul
companions. Burn what no longer serves,
light your touch and go forth. Be a light
carrier. There are enough of us, my
friend; Light grows stronger in the
dark. Peace, my friend. All will be okay, in
time, in space where inner fires
burn. Fellow sensitives, old souls, advocates
raise your voice as the wise owl hoots. Yes,
know the coyote shadows stalking the
edges; know candle snuffers who haunt, some
with fears of their own making. Talking heads
churn and spit. Disconnect. Trust what lies
deep, hold onto what is true in you, what rises,
sets in sweet sky rhythm. Hope is new bricks made
from war rubble and ash. No, hope is light
carriers, building from ash, worry, fear, dis-ease.
Hope is truth sniffers, rubble sifters, those holding
hands around soul fires, beating back despair
by celebrating humanity: grief, agony, loss,
nothingness, darkness until creativity rises
like the new moon, like the coming of
the Light, like restoration, justice, strength
perseverance, triumph. Peace my
friend. Peace in the darkness,
as the sun shortens its bright arch
and moon rules the day. Trust the
coming LIGHT.
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| ...and the day begins, with the coming of the light |
light and shadow throughout the day
until night falls again
"A new dawn is rising; great will be the understanding of those who know Love. The darkness of ignorance will be overcome! The nations will be united in their diversity, living in harmony and with integrity - then will fear be no more. Love will reign in every heart! ...may you walk in a new dawn, may you dance with light hearts and spread peace throughout the earth." Ps 68 Psalms for Praying by Nan Merrill
Lovely! ... but I confess, I wasn't ready for the last line...while it is true (!), I think many of "us", don't know how to sit with darkness...deep within, within the soul, where we need to learn to "Trust what lies deep, hold onto what is true in you". Do we truly trust the Image of God within? Do we take the time to be present to ourselves and the quietness within? 'To listen to the stillness?
ReplyDeleteThis is one thing I love about how the winter, and especially this Season, lends itself to spending time in stillness and reflection.
So I'm saying, I think it's very meaningful to take the time to be in this space, to let it inform us with all that we might discern, and not so quickly almost dismiss it and turn our thoughts and attention "to the coming light".
Peace and blessings of the Season.
I agree, many of us don't know how to sit with darkness, to hold the space of tension, waiting and paradox. It is a spiritual muscle seldom exercised. Yet, even as we sit in darkness, we can know Light comes; like the rhythms of the day and seasons, light eventually comes. Light as sunlight, as season change, as resurrection, as afterlife, as a new understanding or way of being. Trusting that Light comes, is hope. Without hope, which I believe is part of the image of God within, human despair is too great and the holding/sitting in darkness too bleak.
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