The journey to and through

the darkness of the winter solstice

is the wonder of the good we find within;

the blending of the self and community; and

the spiritual spin we settle upon

waiting for the madness of the moving orbs

to end in a new beginning

where we find which life would win

as we weather the cold that remains and

as the darkness would graciously thin

while we trustingly befriend the grace of the Light and

send the time without it packing until Spring.

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