Sunday, 29 November 2020

Times of wonder and tears

In these darkened days where seasons slow,

Drear clouds lour overhead 

Tears will fall

Salty warm to frosty cold whilst

Grieving sobs overflow when 

Our best stars are lost from view.


We wonder how low and lost lives can be,

Such anxious struggles in an

Ever changing normality.


Yet witness now the timely wonder 

Of anticipation seen in younger eyes,

Bringing shafts of light to these times where 

Wonderment is holding, and healing,

So such times as now we should grasp 

The fertility of wonder to

Shape the coming year.


Philip Ball, November 2020.

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