Cold Recovery
While it hits a low of -34°C and lasts a few nights
The cold is about to let up.
It’ll warm up to just -4°C.
And then sink at night to -17°C.
This is a little recovery from the Cold, welcome by most,
Or one could hope that the infection commonly known as a cold
will be the recovery that is coming.
Yet there are bigger recoveries that would benefit so many people would they happen.
There are so many people that know the recovery needed.
Just a little light, that’s what we need, a light to shine truth and hope and grace for us all.
In the trees the light takes the bite out of the bark with soft warm golden shine.
Shine light shine!
Near the water,
drawn full down by the spin of the earth into the clouds,
the light lets hope shine even as
it is about
to disappear through the cold of the night.
Even in the setting sun the wonder is still there,
Reflecting on the snow
And drawing us onward
Toward the horizon,
Toward what will come
After the darkness,
When the light returns and shines
the truth
all ways.
It may be cold.
It may be dark for a while.
But it will be light.
It will be filled with hope.
It will be filled with truth.
And it will be filled with Grace,
For all.
Who knows the light, the truth, the only reason for hope?
Who can speak and set the record straight?
Who can, who will?
What is dark will always be made clear in the light.
Who can, who will set foot in the light?
Who will step out of the shadows and give witness to the light and truth?