Standing Still with the Sun
an ode to the Winter Solstice
Meteors are showering overhead
this Solstice night,
this nearly Cold Moon night;
deep wintering night.
The North Pole is turning
south again, to the echoes
of centuries
of singing and feasting,
fires and dancing;
sometimes with poetry
and pomegranates,
sometimes with bathing
in holy rivers; giving alms
to beggars and Brahmins.
Round the death and rebirth
of the Light;
round the last and next seasons
of the Earth. Sol sistere.
A night for the Sun and each soul
to stand still. An invitation, to feel
your sacred place, in Nature,
your passage, through Time;
the vital part you play in this Great Mystery,
in this endlessly curious, wildly
wondrous Journey.
Colin Goedecke
at the Winter Solstice
Morristown, New Jersey
December 21st, 2018