Nature's Blessed Darkness

The night after full moon ,

Peaceful and quiet

Compared to yesterday’s wet, and cold, yet an active day.

 

On This still night silence of mind wants to prevail.

The moon coming out of rustic gray clouds 

Is the only sign of life’s movements.

Clouds cover the moon back and forth. 

Such is life here on earth.

Two steps forward to one step backward.

For some unfortunate ones it is one step forward

To two steps backward. 

Still all move forward in a dream like motion…

We are a week past in December.

Christmas lights are on and glowing

Lately I have seen hologram lights!

So fascinating….Our neighbor has put them on

Sitting in my patio I watch the dancing rhythm of lights

It spreads on his wall, windows and roof,

Bounces from our trees and grass,

To flocks upon my heart. 

Bare trees are showing deserted nests

Moon has disappear again!

Fog is descending upon houses and  trees,

Wraps the lamp post and Christmas lights.

It’s getting dense, nothing else is visible but a vast grayness,

Like a white spirit pervading the darkness in mesmerizing silence.

I sit with my eyes closed to let the healing power of darkness

Take over my heart and soul.

This darkness is Nature’s blessed darkness.

In its womb the world dreams of a better future.

A world of peace free from discord and strife.

“ Let the wise sink his speech into the mind, the mind into the intellect, and the intellect into the great Atman, and the great Atman into the peaceful Atman”

Katha Upanishad

12. 8. 2022