Aspects of Yule

Aspects of Yule

~Zephyr Lioness~

Time of deepest darkness

The God is born anew

Seedling in the frozen earth

Awaiting springtime dew.

The ground, an icy wasteland,

Though neighbors hearts are warm

We share our goods with everyone

So no one comes to harm.

Snow lies on her shoulders.

Frosted mantle for her hair

Winter's Queen is giving birth

The goddess, always there.

The sun is growing brighter.

It happens every year

Promising return of light

For sod and oak and deer.

Stag King, his mighty antlers

Rising from a drift

Leaps for the hunter's arrow

Just as strong and swift.

He knows his time has ended

He is heading to the plain

Where joy caresses memory

Like softly summer rain.

New fawn takes his first step,

The buck he will become.

After the time of knowing

A new year has begun.

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