shortest day
longest day and night
with no sighting of the sun at all
on this slate grey day
I can understand sun worship
when all the earth seems dead
will the sun ever return?
bring sun into the house
light candles and lanterns
bring life into the house
drape pine branches on tables
bring joy into the house
mull wine, eat lemon zested cake
make a long night into a celebration
of light, of life
on a node of turning
on a cusp of returning
on an axis of rebirthing
we welcome the light
millisecond by millisecond
so slowly that the sun almost seems to stand still
I hold my breath and count the extra minute of light
creeping toward longer days
shorter nights
and hope
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