Solstice Fire

is reading and writing all there is
or only all I have to do, how else
let life flow through me as it must
 
that's the situation now, at least
after the winter chores are done
gifts and celebrations ordered
 
is this the letter I want to write
to my widely scattered friends
each treasured as unique with
 
private sharings and themes
we like to talk about, I wished
you here to see my solstice fire
 
burning merrily in the twilight
fog, the dimming world illusion
while the bright flames danced