Midwinter Sun
The holidays settled
just past a solstice
and the world was dark
in many ways
The rain was too much
and people forgot their way
that kindness is all
that matters
A field lay north
of a south line of firs
that the sun didn't peak past
since the fall
The sky became clear
and the light came over top
limbs laden with needles
warming tangled tall grass
A bit of good news
at the same time delivered
and I remembered the thing
I forgot
Darkness doesn't cast
though the days shorten through summer
sun from it's laziness will wake
and we won't suffer the darkness to last