Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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On the Edge

Walking this familiar path
rain tapping randomly on my coat
I am comforted by thoughts of warmth and shelter

We are poised on the edge once again
one year moving onto another
Deep within our memory we know this time
when future is unclear and day surmounting night uncertain

And so we come to this,
this Christmas time
Amalgam of ancient traditions and narrative
built one upon another
appearing when our hold on hope
becomes most tenuous

I walk down these timeworn steps
stooping in the cave like interior of this old house
letting myself be carried away by stories
of another time and place

As the raindrops tapping give hope to the dry land
these stories confer hope to us

My wish for you is to walk with hope into the New Year

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