Fourth of Advent

Fourth of Advent 

darkness lengthens

deepens

stirring cold winds 

of isolation 

of abandonment 

of always… 

this way 

 and then 

a… breath 

a spark 

in the far away 

imagined 

enough to draw 

the eye

to draw

the heart

and there the gleam

a single

candle

glowing

pushing back

the dark

distant…

but enough

to reach us

we are not

alone