When you startle awake in the dark morning <br />heart pounding breathing fast <br />sitting bolt upright staring into <br />dark whirlpool black hole <br />feeling its suction <br /> <br />Get out of bed <br />knock at the door of your nearest friend <br />ask to lie down ask to be held <br /> <br />Listen while whispered words <br />turn the hole into deep night sky <br />stars close together <br />winter moon rising over white fields <br />nearby wren rustling dry leaves <br />distant owl echoing <br />two people walking up the road laughing <br /> <br />Let your soul laugh <br />let your heart sigh out <br />that long held breath so hollow in your stomach <br />so swollen in your throat <br /> <br />Already light is returning pairs of wings <br />lift softly off your eyelids one by one <br />each feathered edge clearer between you <br />and the pearl veil of day <br /> <br />You have nothing to do but live<br /><br />Anonymous<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/winter-solstice/
