I love the solstice.   Is it Nature’s best paradox joke?.  In the northern hemisphere, it marks the longest day, the ‘official’ start of summer. From when we know the days will warm..but will also shorten towards winter.  Whilst the Southern Hemisphere celebrates the longest darkest day but also the turning point towards summer.

Wherever you are, it is a beautiful celebration of the cycles and rhythms of our lives, dancing between light and dark, beginnings and endings, emptying and filling..

Here is my salute to the sun.

 

We wait 

For you to come

And when we can’t 

Bear it 

Anymore

Surrendering

To the darkness

You appear

Your gentle touch

Embodies hope

And brightness

In each ray

 

Ever so slowly

You rise

Offering

Your full embrace

Each cell in our bodies

Awaken with your

Warmth and energy

 

You give 

All of yourself

Sometimes it’s

Just too much

 

We retreat from 

your fierce radiance

To find shelter and

Protection

 

But you are careful

To lower your gaze

You soften

And leave a trail

Of lingering heat and

Beauty

 

And when you

Eventually disappear

Your non-presence

Is felt 

As you allow

Others to stir 

and shine

 

Welcoming again

The mystery of the night

We can only close our eyes

And trust in 

Your return

Before too long



I love this photo by David Monje on Unsplash

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Lizzie Leigh
2 years ago

Yes – paradox indeed. My morning reading took me to the importance of contradiction. Certainly have paradox here – dark glowering skies and thunder before celebrating at 3.33 this afternoon.

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