WINTER SOLSTICE
Perhaps
for a moment
the typewriters will stop clicking,
the wheels stop rolling
the computers desist from computing,
and a hush will fall over the city.
For an instant, in the stillness,
the chiming of the celestial spheres will be heard
as earth hangs poised
in the crystalline darkness, and then
gracefully
tilts.
Let there be a season
when holiness is heard, and
the splendor of living is revealed.
Stunned to stillness by beauty
we remember who we are and why we are here.
There are inexplicable mysteries.
We are not alone.
In the universe there moves a Wild One
whose gestures alter earth’s axis
toward love.
In the immense darkness
everything spins with joy.
The cosmos enfolds us.
We are caught in a web of stars,
cradled in a swaying embrace,
rocked by the holy night,
babes of the universe.
Let this be the time
we wake to life,
like spring wakes, in the moment
of winter solstice.
Rebecca Parker
This is so beautifully written. Thanks for sharing. I love the picture too.
I love this…
“We are caught in a web of stars,
cradled in a swaying embrace,
rocked by the holy night,
babes of the universe.”
Thank you for the reminder that Winter is officially here!
I love Rebecca’s words.
Thank you for this and that and everything in between.
Beautiful Poetry! The kind I one day hope to be able to express. Thank you for sharing these words.
So lovely. I love “the typewriters will stop clicking, the wheels stop rolling, the computers desist from computing,
and a hush will fall over the city.” I love when it’s quiet like that, like the falling of snow.
Hey you! Hope all is well and I’m looking forward to reading you again!
….back in town… Looking forward to catching up with everyone tomorrow or so….