Terror and Beauty Unsurpassed

“Each day is a journey. We come out of the night into the day. All creativity awakens at this primal threshold where light and darkness test and bless each other. You only discover balance in your life when you learn to trust the flow of this ancient rhythm.”

― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

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the night enfolds

darkness

the place of secrets

and perhaps fear

but also the place a great calm

and quietude

morning comes

inexorable

sometimes unwanted

a time of awakening

as flowers unfold

and birds sing hymns of praise

into the lightening sky

there is that moment

when light and dark “test and bless’

when black gives way to brilliant red and orange

with what was obscured is revealed

and what was blurred comes into focus

this is the moment when the world is most alive

all is change and transformation

there is power and beauty unsurpassed

so too the moments in our lives

when light and dark test and bless

when joy and pain

evil and sacred

hope and despair meet and test

in these moments all is change and transformation

and there is terror and beauty

unsurpassed

the darkness always comes

but so too

morning