Wedded to the Darkness - Judith Shiner

[Larry Robinson]

Wedded to the Darkness
 
Only when the storm comes
roaring off the wild California coast
bringing its raging rain and wind
swirling around the edges of my fears
can I know the power
of the magnificent roots of the old oak tree
clinging like a net of tangled hair
twisted and knotted into the earth
wedded to the dark
holding the swaying branch-laden tree
firmly to its source.
Only then can I feel
and bow down to the darkness
to the fertile terrain
where life is held and nourished
Only then can I know
I depend on the darkness for light.

	- Judith Shiner
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