Winter Solstice 2008

Star of wonder
piercing
this darkest night,
this velvet sleep
holding me,
this yearning waking
in this breath,
again and again,
here,
now,
touching the earth of my body
with such beauty…

Photo: Star domed roof in the "Hall of the Abencerrages" from the Courtyard of Lions, Alhambra Palace, Grenada, Spain.

And tonight, December 21st... this first night of Hannukah, this truly longest night of the year... a seed of light planted in the heart space of our labyrinth...