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                      Yule Dreams

                      Published by Sue Cook at December 1, 2024
                      Categories
                      • Christmas
                      • Holidays
                      • Poetry
                      Tags
                      • Christmas
                      • Gaia
                      • holidays
                      • poetry
                      • snow energy
                      • Sue Cook
                      • Yule
                      • Yuletide
                      Yuletime dreams - a holiday poem - image of Yosemite National Park after a snowfall, with pale purple-blue light showing on the snow

                      Image by JMS from Unsplash

                      Come, snow!
                      Dance across my window and carry my soul to the heavens.
                      I am so tired of this fight and
                      need the feel of lace and sweetness across my lips.

                      The trees in the forest are laden with your snowy tinsel;
                      the beasts place their presents beneath the bows
                      showing their love and devotion.

                      Never have I seen the forest look so beautiful
                      or the sky so filled with glorious sparkling lights!

                      As the snow caresses my face,
                      I become what I once was–
                      a ghost of Yule long ago,
                      dancing gaily amid the pines,
                      calling the spirit of Gaia to appear.
                      We are the dual spirits that keep this Yuletide alive–
                      fire and ice,
                      magic and wonder.

                      She and I will dance with the snow,
                      and create the magic children feel as
                      they wait on that wonderful Eve.
                      They wait for the magic,
                      presents forgotten,
                      as the magic keeps the snow falling
                      and the Yuletide aglow with ancient mystic wonder!

                      We are all fire and ice,
                      magic and wonder,
                      trees and solstice dreams.


                      For more holiday content, check out these fantastic pieces from the MockingOwl Roost contributors and staff:

                      • The Snow’s New Year Message
                      • Twas The Night Before Christmas At The Black Orb
                      • Almost Christmas Morning
                      Sue Cook
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                      Sue Cook lives in Freeport, Illinois with her husband Randy and two dogs. Her passions include assistance dogs, rescue dogs, music, acting, theater, poetry, and Doctor Who. She’s been in both film and theater and is a regular cast member of the podcast Doctor Who’s Line is it….Anyway? Sue is an advocate for the use of Service Dogs to assist their disabled handlers to maintain their independence. Quigley’s Quest, her first children’s book, addresses how a dog becomes a Service Dog.

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