December 20, 2005

• Winter Solstice

                   

  

  
  
  

  In honor of the winter solstice
  

  “The Longest Night”

  by   Peter Mayer

  Light a candle, sing a song
  

  Say that shadows shall not cross
  

  Make an oblation out of all you’ve lost
  

  In the longest night

  
  

  Gather friends and cast your hopes
  

  Into the fire as it snows
  

  And stare at God through the dark windows
  

  Of the longest night
  

  Of the year

  
  

  A night that seems like a lifetime
  

  If you’re waiting for the sun
  

  So why not sing to the nighttime
  

  And the burning stars up above?

  
  

  Come with drums, bells and horns
  

  Or come in silence, come forlorn
  

  Come like a miner to the door
  

  Of the longest night

  For deep in the stillness, deep in the cold
  

  Deep in the darkness, a miner knows
  

  That there is a diamond in the soul
  

  Of the longest night
  

  Of the year

  
  

  A night that seems like a lifetime
  

  If you’re waiting for the sun
  

  So why not sing to the nighttime
  

  And the burning stars up above?
  

  Maybe peace hides in a storm
  

  Maybe winter’s heart is warm
  

  And maybe light itself is born
  

  In the longest night

  The longest night
  

  Of the year.

  
  (more info on Peter Mayer can be found at www.blueboat.net or www.peppermintcds.com)

   

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