Advent II, 2025

Birth itself is a stripping away:
the branches must let go

and all waits in exposure
and makes the offering
and bears the cold,

though not alone, though not alone.
There is the within that draws from the deeps 

where the Good abides to nourish and sustain;
where the necessary is shared with those who need
where heart knowing hums the memory

of birdsong once embraced and 
that promises a return when 

comes the new
comes the fresh
comes the here, the now, the yes.

Kimberly M. King