A Winter Solstice
From "You Are the Pendulum: Poems and Practices for an Unsettling World" (2023)
A cold full moon Iridescent and bright The Way manifests Illuminating the pebbly path to The winter solstice's Arrival Whispering to us: "Sit in the Shadow." "Inhale the Silence and the lovely Darkness." From this transpires Innerstanding of the dying back Back Back to the Genesis And to Gaia's progressive dictate - "Keep ignoring me, hear?" she says To most for whom Chaos is their lover Yet some of us Through ritual, relaxation, rest Through the laws of Ma'at The ancestors and the Most High Familiar with Akashic Records Succumb and unite Over And over To Natural Law