The Solstice is about Balance and Attunement

Nature is the true peace, it is the greatest teacher.  This poem is dedicated to the earth, the cosmos and the natural rhythm of life.

The Order in Chaos

The winter solstice,
The equality tone,
Balances all energies,
To bring life to zero point,
Stillness,
Seeds planted but there is no growth,
As nature awaits the seasons to cross over,
Signalling the time of great change,
As the planet is renewable.

Human beings were once seasonal,
As they watched the night sky as a calendar,
Alignments, conjunctions, crosses and constellations,
Were universal indicators,
Universal pattern makers,
Marking time,
Making time,
For giving thanks.

In the modern age,
Few look up,
Most look down into another universe of IPhones for stars,
Setting life by digital time, calendars and signals,
Where escape is to avoid,
To stay in the void,
Unaware of the changing seasons,
Nor their intimate connection to life,
That sustains and provides human rites,
On gravitational tides and thermal kites,
Of magnetic recalibration,
Unaware that modern physics emerged from an apple,
Not a Mac,
As Newton pondered the gravity of life,
To discover physical laws,
Governing each time frame with infinite precision,
As reason was also a season,
Of great change.

For the gods must be crazy,
To invent coke, fast food and technology,
Many have lost their own theology to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumbler to be LinkedIn,
Unaware of the cosmic lattice,
The web of universal life,
That calms, connects, belongs and is balanced,
Remembering the mystery as destiny,
As the future seeds are envisaged to germinate,
As a star gate opens on the sky of possibilities,
As negative transforms into positive opportunity,
When community celebrates a space in time,
For this is the wine,
The elixir of a renewable life,
That pays its respects for the gifts bestowed,
As above so below,
As we grow in harmony
observing the game of life,
That seeks not to control but to show,
The order in chaos.