Approaching Solstice
Yes, friends, the darkness wins, but these
short days so celebrate light:
Today the lemon sunrise lasted a few
hours until sunset, all day the snow
glowed pink and purple in the trees.
This is not a time of black and white,
my friends, outside us. Among us, too,
let's sing what winter forces us to know:
Joy and color bloom despite the night.
We measure warmth by love, not by degrees.
--Patricia Monaghan
Photo credit: http://www.angeliska.com/2008/12/winter-solstice-dark-season/
Poem: by Patricia Monaghan from the book: Yule A Celebration of Light and Warmth, by Dorothy Morrison published by Llewellyn Worldwide, St Paul Minnesota 2004
5 comments:
This is beautiful and so true. "Joy and color bloom despite the night"
Beautiful photo!
This is the season we love the light the most :-)
I love that pic I was a little jealous when i thought you shot it, I was like you lucky lucky witch. this is a beautiful poem thanks so much for sharing it.
blessed be
Aisha, believe me...I would have loved to have taken such a tremendous photo!! Thanks for thinking I had such photographic talent!!! lol.
Beautiful picture & poem! Love that book "Yule" and am hoping to finally get some decorating for it done tomorrow!
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