Christmas Past
January 10, 2010
Just a few photos from this past Christmas season… and a poem at the end.
After Midnight, with light and incense, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
Snowman Ornament on a White Tree
My Mom's Christmas Village
Vintage Angel Ornament
Christmas Village, the Town Square
Saint Ignatius Church - Winter Night
Vintage Elf Ornament
Christmas Village - Snow Fight
Sutro Tower in the Winter Clouds
“The Action of Snowfall”
Act on your life like
a billion-billion snowflakes.
You will see
in time,
garlands of crystalline acts –
All unique –
adorning those same branches where
green leaves shivered
yellow and dropped by the weight
of mortality.
One by one, let
each act
loose,
To wander in the crisp breeze
of your yearning soul –
A meandering harmony of many acts,
a carol aloft
on life’s unpredictable
breath.
Make all life yuletide:
Quiet evenings
with tea,
by fires, beside love.
Let Blitzen, herself, deliver
your needs
with a bell.
Finally, Traveler,
Let every soft-diamond act
twinkle brilliance
as it descends –
Until your own head is
wreathed in acts
you’ve let loose in love,
only to return to you:
This Crown –
Priceless, transient jewels,
is your life’s reward.
