Midsummer... time of the rose

Midsummer...

Summer Solstice...

longest day of the year...

a time to celebrate...

This is the time of the rose,

 blossom and thorn,

 fragrance and blood.

Now on this longest day,

 light triumphs,

and yet begins the decline into the dark.

 The Sun King grown embraces the Queen of Summer

 in the love that is death

because it is so complete

that all dissolves into the single song of ecstasy

that moves the worlds.

So the Lord of Light

dies to Himself,

and sets sail across the dark seas of time,

searching for the isle of light that is rebirth.

We turn the Wheel

and share his fate,

 for we have planted the seeds

of our own changes

and to grow

we must accept

even the passing of the sun.

(The Spiral Dance, HarperCollins, 1999, p. 205)

Savor the Day!

Yvonne