Blessings of the Solstice #poetry

The battle between the dark and the light

Takes place in the womb, in the depth of the night

Before calling the light, we honour the dark

Releasing resentment and regret ... listen, hark!

The dark's triumph is brief, the wheel takes a turn

Fears have been confronted as we grow and learn

New life is ready to flourish, promise waiting to be born

The Old King is no more as the uterus is torn

The child is born, in all worlds he has power

We watch and wait, to welcome this hour

 © Shaz Goodwin

Blessings of the Solstice

Pebbles in the Pond #poetry

Thinking about the past today, on Father's Day, and realising that we never truly know the effect we have on others ...

Enjoy

Shaz

Pebbles in the Pond 
 

The web weaves us together
Strands that intertwine
From the colours of the rainbow
To grapes growing on the vine

Spiral circles moving outwards
Weft and warp exist
Boundaries in place by humanity
And we're stumbling in the mist

Paths that we have chosen
May only stay a while
But the momentum carries forward
Distance unknown - mile after mile

Merging, fluid, changing
No earthly sound does it make
The ripples spread ever wider 

Across the tranquil lake

We may never even meet
With those we have a bond
Don't live your life unaware
We are pebbles thrown into the pond