WINTER SOLSTICE SONG

I wish you more

Of whatever lights your darkness;

Fire by night, a friend's embrace,

A lover's touch, the wisdom of the past,

Whatever bears you up through life's endeavor

And whispers to your heart that winter

Will not last forever.

I wish you more

Of whatever warms your winter,

Wine and tea and coffee,

Song and dance and sweet waiting silence,

Whatever ties to life time cannot sever

That call to your mind that darkness

Cannot last forever.

As winter closes,

Night devours your days,

Join me and those who light

The candles, logs, or trees that fire our faith

That life is more than bending to the weather,

And sing, proclaiming in the winter darkness

That darkness will not last forever.

Marian H. Neudel

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