The EcoAudient Crone

this solstice day
where darkness rules
and relinquishes all at once

where I am reminded
– even through 
torrenting
clouds – 
that with this 
particular sunrise 
our heartbeat-pulsing 
planet turns our 
northernmost hemispheric faces 
toward sun and light 
and warmth again

this solstice day
peace lives in knowing
that this annual moment
will happen today, and again,
and again in constancy

this solstice day
peace lives in knowing
the rhythms of this earth
hold my tiny-bright 
life-spark cradled in 
constancy’s change

this solstice day
when my tiny-bright
life-spark has eased 
that much closer to 
my life’s winter solstice

peace lives in knowing
the constant rhythm of 
birth – life – death – birth 
is the music leading 
me in this dance


Poems for Peace #9
© 2018 Tracie Nichols