This is the year
humanity
lies sleeping on the earth
in fevered nightmares
like hibernating bears
claws twitching
restless
trapped inside a cave
where shadowed fears and memories
run ghostly in our brains.
It is a year of darkness
where we see with greater clarity
the contours of a holy life
a life made whole
in suffering and death.
It is a year from which we now awake
crawl out the cave
to touch
reflect
breathe deeply
reconcile with trees and
grass and
earth with
greetings to the stranger and
conversations with a friend.
It is a year where darkness finally helps us see the Light
through weary weeping eyes.
Immanuel.

You have captured my feelings.
Two things I keep reminding myself.
One, the vision will become reality,
Two, Biden won.
Thank you! Beautiful and profound!
Come now and join the feast
Right here in the belly of the beast.
From a meditation from a UMC in, of all places, Fayetteville, Arkansas, which I read yesterday.
I thought it very appropriate for our time.