December 2024

Solstice 2024

photo from Internet

On this darkest Solstice night,
Let us carry our own light.
Light that shines from heart inside
​And brings solace to abide.

Bring your light to those who fear,
To those far and to those near.
For those who are no more here,
Light a flame to bring them near.

On this darkest shortest night,
Bring your warm comforting light.
Hold it up to the dark sky,
Lift it up to fly on high.

​-MW Dec. 2024

 On this beloved Earth we rant and rage,
Beauty create, but also then destroy,
And endless unavailing wars we wage.
But then we also sing and dance with joy.

To one another we show love and care,
But also hatred and contempt we sow,
And those, the few, who think and feel and dare
Can but refuse themselves to stoop so low.

As many seek to stir hate and divide,
To focus on the I and less on we,
We are helpless to do much but abide
And seek ourselves to be humane and free.

For then perhaps others may follow suit
And join the search for kindness and for truth.

-MW Dec. 2024

cap by PP from the GGBA osprey chat Dec. 12, 2024

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One is a Lonely Number

photo from GGBA osprey cam  December 12, 2024. by our dear departed SailMonkey

Repeats, because as a French proverb says: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

                                             Solstice Afternoon
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                                            On the nest lone osprey
                                            Looks out over gray Bay
                                           Watching, waiting…Does he know
                                           The days will soon grow longer
                                           The sun will shine stronger
                                           And soon his loyal mate
                                           Northward will migrate?
 
                                                      midi 2017

                                               
​                                                     Solstice 2020
  
                             The days wane cold and dark upon the shore
                             Of our beloved Bay where ospreys fly.
                             I watch the sun part slowly from the sky
                             And wonder what the new year has in store.
 
                             Will this, the longest darkest night dawn bright,
                             Bring freedom from disease, from war and strife?
                             Will it set us on a new path of life?
                             Will this, the coming year dawn dark or light?
 
                            Just as the endless turning of our Earth
                            From day to night, to dark to light again,
                            From storm to calm, from drought to welcome rain,
                           An endless cycle of death and rebirth,
 
                           May our health be restored, our worries stilled
                           May we return to peace and to goodwill

                                                                                                 ​midi 2020