Advent I 2008

Watch

Now is the time
of star-crisp invitation
to draw in, center down,
toward the gathering fire
and watch the becoming of silence.

This until,
when sparks singe the lowing
of winter’s wind,
there comes
the nascent crackling of joy.

poem- ©MperiodPress

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