Winter Solstice 2019

Anne Blaney

published this piece today on her site

anneblaney.blogspot.com

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it is perfect and delightful to republish it here

to acknowledge and honour and celebrate this day

and every day under the sun

which seems to be about seven times hotter

than it was last year at this time

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The  Sun  Stands  Still  Inside  Us  Now

Solstice is a direct reminder of our planetary reality

No control over this fading light, no hand in its return

Of this we can be sure ...
Because we can know

that we inhabit a place in space,

we also know
that we are small

and that we are very large

May the Light shine through you and me
Into this world

Into our home among the stars

A

solstice cycle

the sun stands still inside me now

wonder finds rest inside me now

all creation stands transfigured

by the radiance of an inner light
the light within the light
without
the luminous landscape opening

the mountains and the hills break forth before me into singing

and all the trees of the field now clap their hands

now drawing closer
veil thinning
through the darkness walking
reaching light
at the heart of the world
enchantment
by moonlight and by starlight
prayer and incense
by candlelight now turning
graceful turning
turn toward the sun
toward one another turning

drawing close in whispered knowings
listen

the eternal heartbeat

look

the sun stands still

inside me now

wonder finds rest

we journey long and long together

knowing the space within

the space

without

planetary beings in spiral dance

within

the living body of the sacred sun

david barnes