Crave the Light

 Happy Solstice, dear friends!

 I must say, I crave the light;

so very glad when we start seeing longer light days.

With winter just now beginning, It will be awhile.

 In the meantime, the lights of Christmas satisfy my soul.

 I could sit in darkness surrounded by these lights

for a very long time.

More candles will be burned throughout the winter.

A string of Christmas lights will be left out somewhere in the house.

Do you crave the light?

And Back to Dark

First, by an unseen hand

We are given

A push on the swing

That hangs from Heaven.

A mighty shove-

We seem to drift

Though in truth the descent

Is swift-is swift-

To drift till our feet

But graze the ground

Then we are off

On the up rebound.

Till we have traversed

The shining arc- 

That leads from the dark

And back to dark.

~ Kitchen Sonnets by Ethel Romig Fuller

Not sure if this poem is encouraging or not,

but I picture a sliver of a moon tonight

while we sit and pause in the darkness at the

tip of the sliver. Soon the days will lengthen

and the moon will fill with light.

We will return to the fullness of it's light

and delight and dance once more.

In the meantime, light candles and hang

those twinkling lights.

Sit by the fire sipping a warm cup of cheer.

HAPPY SOLSTICE, DEAR FRIENDS!