Winter Solstice Poem for Chanting (To Remember What is True Forever)

 

To Remember What is True Forever

 

Tonight

we come together

to remember what is true forever

 

On this dark

and frozen night

we dedicate ourselves to light

 

In the ice

and in the wind

we are warmed by a fire within

 

That is why

we have come together

to remember what is true forever

 

In the cold

and in the dark

we will raise a timeless spark

 

On this longest

night of all

we will answer that ancient call

 

That tells us

to come together

to remember what is true forever

 

And to hold

in our hearts the light

that will see us through the darkest night

 

Though the ground

is frozen hard

we know the skies are filled with stars

 

And that is why

we have come together

to remember what is true forever

 

The wind that now

cuts our face

will return to a gentler place

 

And the light

that we find within

will grow stronger as the year begins

 

And so it is

we come together

to remember what is true forever

 

(for reading or chanting tonight, the night of the Winter Solstice)