To Face the Dark

Poetry by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Music by Steve Law
Art by Marisa S. White, "Grace & Gravity"
Video by Tony Jeannette
How do we face the dark? This is the final track on DARK PRAISE, a spoken-word album on endarkenment--exploring the ways the dark nourishes us.
To Face the Dark
To face the dark,
one does not need a light.
Nor does one need a watch,
a feather, a melody, a sword, a pen.
One doesn’t even need a friend.
To face the dark,
one needs only to face the dark.
There is something easier then
about the facing, when we know
we need no preparation.
Nothing is asked of us except
the willingness to face the dark,
the willingness to pause
in that moment when we
cannot see, cannot know,
cannot float on the sea of habit,
cannot fly on the feathers of routine.
But already, I’ve taken this too far.
It’s so simple, the invitation,
that it’s easy to miss what is asked.
Not a journey. Not even a step.
Just the chance to face the dark,
to meet yourself in that facing-
and to notice what being erased
and what’s doing the erasing.
--Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

[@joannesnyder3717]

It is the "love" that holds us and does the work! great timimg and potential reassurance as we approach the longest nights!! Om Joanne

[@1z1zmike]

Another wonderful poem…many thanks 🙏🙂