Seasonal Darkening
How quickly light goes
two-and-a-half minutes
a day sounds small
but in twenty-four days,
a light hour lost
Then clocks fall back
Sixty minutes of light
added to dawn
plunges us into evening
Porch lights on early
we walk dogs before
dinner not after
neighborly conversations
turn to this shift
This season reminds—
change, the unrelenting gift
what a wonderful shift from the sacred everyday to the larger sacred that embraces all...