Solstice

When your eyes

Pause on the ball

That hangs on the third branch from the star

You remember why it is dark

And why it gets light again



The earth like the hearts

Slopes in its seat

And like that it travels

Along an elliptical path

Drawn into the darkness



An unpolished pearl

In the sky black palm of hands

Flickering sun flame



And then you remember

That you yourself

You are a light bearer, a light bearer

Receiving radiance from others

Flickering sun flame

Unpolished earth

In the palm of hands