Weather Report - Nina Mermey Klippel

[Larry Robinson]

Weather Report
            
for the autumn equinox 
 
 
Balance:
The still point on the seesaw
between summer and winter
longer and shorter
neither one nor the other
 
Yet this day 
is not only a moment poised
between dualities,
but a Singularity.
a One.
a Clarity.
 
Sun in full radiance
sky so blue
earth so green
and a wind
just enough to breathe
movement
into September trees --
beauty
that strikes like a thunderclap.
 
And so, in this moment between,
this perfect day,
I force myself to remember:
We are poised in a precarious balance
that will soon slide away,
down with a rush
to another weather, dark and chill.
 
And I pray,
May the clarity of this day
stay
in our hearts
when the weather changes.
 
May we still hold light
In the darkness to come
 
May we find the still point
On which to balance.

           - Nina Mermey Klippel
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