On the threshold
standing between the light and the dark
between summer and winter
between day and night
For a moment we are in netherspace
no man’s land
a world neither here nor there
a borderland between sea and shore
a place outside of space and time
where order is diminished
and chaos reigns
Seasons turn
light turns to dark turns to light again
so ignite the sacred flame
dance and sing
farewell the time of growth and birth
welcome the long cold
carry the fire through the darkness
until the sun returns with the spring