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Poetry

The Madcap

(1,693 posts) Sun Dec 21, 2025, 01:20 PM Sunday

Solstice

The darkness has peaked
Maximum extent
Now the light will return to us
Bit by bit
Every day a little brighter
As the Winter of Evil recedes
Retreating in vulnerability
Back to the shadows
As we wait for Equinox
And a New Spring.

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