Light Dawns at Wroxeter

Celtic spring (“Imbolc”) began this week, on February 1st, and light is slowly beginning to fight back against the predominance of darkness.

I recently photographed this beautiful sunrise at Wroxeter Roman city, and some words by the poet Mary Oliver – “darkness opening into morning is enough” – inspired this short poem:

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The magic

Of the darkness

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Of the morning

Transfigured

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Into light

Is enough.

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Moment of Hope

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The light comes in the morning

          like a new creation

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As the darkness divides

          and we see all that is good

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All living things

          have their moment of hope

                      reaching high into heaven

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And we like them

          feel the green shoots

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Bursting within

          budding into new blooms of light.

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New Blooms of Light

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The light comes

in the morning

.

Like

a new creation

.

As the darkness

divides

.

And we see

all that is good

.

All

living things

.

Have their moment

of hope

.

Reaching high

into heaven

.

And we

like them

.

Feel the green shoots

bursting within

.

Budding into

new blooms of light.

~

dd