Can this be the time once more Of utter giving up of our control The simple folliwing of commercial madness Our desire for the day when food and wine Have to be gathered about us like the defences of yore Headlong we run from mid-summer until We are exhausted in body, spirit or credit The desperate worry of what to buy whom Or when to order the especially fattened bird for your table The ridiculous overspending on presents When time could be the finest present you could give
Yule tide is a special period for Druids and all pagans alike, The wonder of simplicity of reflection of our past year The elements of sleep as mother earth regenerates herself Resting often under the warmth of a blanket of snow Gathering of families and loved ones Blessings of the solstice as the wheel of the year turns Once more into the light as the sun begins it's journey Returning to the northern hemisphere Our birds and native animals preparing for the winter Storing their food, digging deep as they look for vitals
Likewise the land is resting, The soil teems with dormant life, every insect and worm Every root, form and bulb Slowing right down as the degrees fall to freezing The frosty and rime ridden mornings giving the flora A lift of white dusting and sparkling light reflecting The weak, beautiful winter sun Heaves itself onto the low glancing position Just making it to the tree tops before retiring once more to sleep Leaving glorious swathes of orange and red Painting the sky as it falls and rises.
Yule tide comes as all seasons, times and periods But once a year in our short lives The earthy sounds, the images and emotion The smell of the newly fallen snow and woodsmoke The foraging birds and squirrels The warbling and tuneful song of the blackbird And the tut tut of Mr Robin resplendent in his Bright red waistcoat bobbing around in the crisp frost Our lifetime of Yules is a wonder to enjoy, I know as I look from my window where my heart is As the distant tree bare in it's winter shroud speaks To me as a friend and anchor within this beautiful planet.