It’s that time of preparation, for Christmas, for the turn of the year. It’s a time of looking inward and wondering about the past and the future, contemplating change … or not …
WATCH-NIGHT
we watch the candle 
burn the night
and itself
we watch the clock
turn minutes
into hours
we watch, wait
until darkness turns
to Christmas dawn
photo by Gillian Leverkus
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Joanna – A long overdue Thankyou and to say how much I enjoy your Wednesday morning postings! Christmas blessings to you and your family.
So good to hear from you, and to know that you’re getting
a regular dose of poetry! Good for the soul:-)
the anticipation is palpable in this sweet hymnal … lovely verse
Many thanks indeed, Tony. It’s good to have appreciative readers.
Thank you so much for this, Tony.
Christmas has always been a time of reflection and search for changes to be made in myself. Also now that the children are on their own path and away, a time of chagrine, made better by shared time together with my hubby.
Not sure that you meant ‘chagrin’, probably ‘change’? But we’re on the
same wave-length otherwise.