December Matsuri
A fading sun at rising night–
An aged and unaged sight–
In waiting for the rising sun
Where Amaterasu lost and won
A shelter, somewhere to belong,
Where Ame-no-Uzume’s song
When played upon O-Daiko drum
Begat another Solstice run
That set Japan’s Sun Goddess free
To light again eternity
With from here forward solar rays
From lights of all our yesterdays
To anchor, ground, and to unbind
A Winter Solstice yet to find.
w.w. 11/15/2023
