Category Archives: night

For dark days

Wrapped round by darkness
that increases and recedes
seasonally;
Embraced by night,
aware of the westward sinking
and the eastward rising;
Conscious of the ebbing
of energy and animation;
Framed by darkness,
waiting for the breaking,
and yielding;
I curl up here,
in the velvety dark,
breathing slowly,
hugging myself,
hoping to connect
with God’s promised sameness.

In our life and our believing
The love of God

Psalm 139:12, the light and dark are both the same to God

Passing the same gritter twice

A fox slipped under the gate,
having crossed the high street,
brush sweeping the floor;
Street lights made orange pools,
reflected back in random puddles.
I took the climb, the switchback
up to the top and then down;
darker here, lights up
no visible eyes shone back at me.
The return journey was just as dark,
but no critter to leave its mark:
the night I passed the same gritter,
twice!

In our coming and our going,
The Peace of God.