the longest night, the shortest day
Winter Solstice,
when time is said to stop for an instant
at the ‘still point’ in the pendulum’s swing…
(and the animals acquire for that moment
the power of speech…well, maybe?)
fire magic…
with it’s branches outlined in flames
and a blazing heart at the center
in one photograph,
the heart became the head of a figure,
one of the Fire Spirits
that often come out in photographs
of Fire Sculptures-
marking the dark node of the year
with Fire and Light
celebrating the Sun’s journey
around the wheel of the year
and now, every day a little longer,
every night a little shorter…

