Posted in Poetry 1980's, tagged darkness, light, Love, nature, poem, Poetry, winter, Winter Solstice on December 29, 2018| 38 Comments »
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In the afternoon gloom
I know it will soon
be time to tread
the snowy path home
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where distant candles
light the way
to my fire, my books,
and my love.
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And tomorrow the sun
will rise a bit sooner
dispelling the darkness
a little bit longer,
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melting away
the frostbitten edge
of this unsung
penumbra of night.
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(c) 1988, 2018, 2021 Betty Hayes Albright
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(An old, unpublished poem, taken out of mothballs.)
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Posted in Poetry 1990's, tagged calling, darkness, drums, evolution, freedom, hope, injustice, justice, light, poem, Poetry, spirituality, truth on October 6, 2018| 26 Comments »
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Deep in the folds
of the flannel of night
we hear the drums call –
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ba ba boom.
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Our eyes open wide
as we chew through the shackles
and dance ourselves free –
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ba ba boom.
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Up the spiral we climb,
our candles held high
to shatter the gloom –
.
ba ba boom.
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At the top we leap clear
of gravity’s hold
on the weight of our words –
.
ba ba boom.
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We land on the sun
where we tear off our masks
and meet our true Selves –
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Ba Ba Boom, Ba Ba Boom!
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(c) 1993, 2018 Betty Hayes Albright
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(a re-post, revised…. written in 1993)
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