Psalms for the Solstice

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Deep calls to deep
       at the thunder of thy cataracts;
all thy waves and thy billows
       have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love;
       and at night his song is with me,
       a prayer to the God of my life.

- Psalm 42:7 - 8



Song of Winter's Dark

White edged in gold, the rose of the earth,
as deep calls to deep.
Gentle the night and the star of rebirth,
as deep calls to deep.

Silent, the suffering dark of the tomb,
as deep calls to deep.
Murmuring heart strings, harp of the womb,
as deep calls to deep.

All that is withered, weathered or worn,
as deep calls to deep.
All that through love ever seeks to be born,
as deep calls to deep.

Brilliant and breaking, as deep calls to deep,
So blessed is the waking, so sacred the sleep.



(The above poem is one I wrote last year for my Solstice/Alban Arthuan ceremony.)