As we enter into Winter Solstice, the darkest of all nights, I light this candle... This candle represents the flame that I light upon my prayer altar. This flame represents the light of my soul's glow, though at times it feels as though the dark can consume me. This flame represents the fierce fire of my heart forever burning with infinite love. Light that becomes my beacon in my winter; both figuratively and literally. Though winter clothes us with dark, we enter deep to the sacred space of our being; our eternal glow. I Light This Candle by Maureen Kwiat Mehsenberg I light this candle, calling to the void of me- the brilliant glow of my soul, what is unknown and silent- in shadows so deep flame of my returning now calling me. I light this candle, to the intentions of me- fragments of my changing, what illuminates the empty spaces between - I enter them becoming whole. I light this candle, for the dark of me- reaching through the blackness, loo...
Women's Spiritual Poetry