WINTER SOLSTICE

December 21, 2025

Note: This is a first draft and is subject to revision. Please comment and make suggestions.

View out my kitchen window.

 The Light is coming.
The Darkness is retiring.

Light illuminates the mirror
of my soul
reflections of 
my eternal Love for you.
 
The Darkness of despair and grief,
Now shines bright as memories of you 
Light the black corners of my loss which
transforms to celebration.

Existence cycles between light and dark.
Darkness need not be despair,
Light hatches from the Darkness
 a signal of coming dawn.

Darkness frames
the Light of self-love 
in celebration of you.

Darkness may be long but not eternal.
Light always returns.
Darkness a blanket 
allowing us 
to rest and recover 
for the coming Light.

Darkness into Light.
Day into Night.
Eternal cycles never ending.
 — Branwen Drew, Dec. 21, 2025.