ADVENTUS REX (LUX)

THE KING (THE LIGHT) COMES  © 

The time 'fore winter solstice
Is holy time for sure;
The darkness has a way
Of making simple, true and pure
Our storied life embellished
Our sunny days so cherished
That find a way to perish
Amidst a winter sleep;
Where we must find a warmth within
And we must seek for light
Beyond the fear of loss and sin
To get us through the night.
What would prosper that journey?
Whose snow makes black turn white?
Why do we still refuse to bow
Before God's majesty and might?
To hold onto our own dreams,
To fail our faults to see,
To think the same the world it seems
When sun shined gloriously.
We must adjust our vision
And reason rearrange.
We must slow down our bodies
To season, find the change
Where humble speaks to charity,
Humility to peace,
And we can lift the child up
That adult folly cease;
Then yield to heaven calling
Eternal sight success
And find somewhere a star for us
To follow glorious Rex (Lux).

2010.12-13.1100  ©  

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DAY SPRING ©

It is the tumult of the season turning quickly in the air

That would move my mind and pen to follow suit

As my senses seek to keep up with the movement that is there

And my soul would hear the call of its recruit.

Life is not what you hold quiet in your desire;

It is more an active rising pillar of fire

That will find you if you let it lift you higher

Like the sap that's flowing upward from the roots.

Heaven knows the cycles that will win creation

When the creature would to heaven give its due

So the blessings of the first fruits of its wonder

Can enrapt us all and life for us embue

With the dance that will enhance the turning circles

Giving balance to the dark and to the gray

By the glory of the sun's return to warm us

And the celebration of a brand new day.

2012.03.10.0500 ©