WINTER SOLSTICE
Dark skirts the edge of the earth
this early, early morning -
before coffee and a shower -
before all are awake - except
truck drivers and those who
have to open the doors to start
the day. Today.... Today - the
darkest day of the year.... on
paper - but as everyone knows
the darkest day of the year is
the day when the phone rings
or the doctor tells us, “There is
not much time left - better say
your ‘Thank you's’ and ‘Good byes.’”
But know the dawn - the light - arrives
earlier and earlier from the east.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2016
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