The Return Of Light…..
by Bernie Bell - 10:32 on 21 December 2022
The Return Of Light…..
Solstice 2012
a catching of breath
expectation
scarcely perceptible
not Christmas
just Gaia
shifting
the song thrush is back
not so loud as in the Spring
tunefully pensive
the trees are quiet
still
only the pale leafed eucalyptus
flickering
cars and trucks
moving along the road
are normal
unaware they are missing
something important
I want to shout
at their indifference
the light is low
with ebbing clouds
shadows of past solstices
circles of years
cross the haunted sky
December 21st 2012
not a premonition
but an opportunity
reaching out
for us to grasp
my hopeful arms
stretch wide
By Wendy Alford
Solstice sunset - 2010
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Yesterday was a perfect ‘Maes Howe Day’ – a golden sunset – today doesn’t look so promising – but here’s something of the Solstice….….
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2022/12/21/video-maeshowe-solstice/
Bringing light on the shortest day…… https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/12/20/bringing-light-on-the-shortest-day/
And – ‘Moominland Midwinter’…Chapter 4 ….’The lonely and the rum.’ Mid-winter light ….Ancestors….Security….
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