Third of Advent

 Third of Advent

fear driven longing for light

undermines

subverts

the necessary work

of the dark on the way

faith stands both

in the reality

of the coming light

and

of the present dark

fear learns again

dark adds

to fear 

with imagined

specters

faith learns again

the deep lessons

that dark alone

can impart to

those trained to

seeing in the dark

confused by the imagined

fear misses 

glancing backward

the hints of

coming light

content in unseen but

abiding presence

faith waits

growing in the dark

glowing in the dark.