A Poem for Solstice

Just think;
wind blew sun warmed
dew and rain and snow seasons turning
last year and one before
it took all that

and all the struggles; for quiet, fresh veg.,
a place in the sun
for a paycheck a place in line a roof
a parking spot
for love and hate
and your own back

it took all that

wars and musterings
and mutterings
volkerwanderungs
kings and priests inquisitors
and patient tillers

dairymaids and shepherdesses
borgias
and their swains

matings and birthings and dyings
on land in air at the bottom of the deeps
nests and lairs burrows webs
tubes and tunnels
and the dark corners of palaces
hair fur feathers leaves
skeletons exo- endo- and none
all of that, too

spewing volcanoes sliding plates creeping glaciers
floods sandstorms
and the changing seasons, solstice to solstice
sun and moon and planets in
their solemn dance

it took all that

it took all that
to bring us to today solstice winter
of 2006
and you and me here
together as the world spins

and it was worth it
every whit