Advent Reflection

13^th December 2012

Advent Reflection

The purpose is not the stress

of the ever more demanding holiday,

but the straining,

the straining of the sense

of waiting, watching, expecting:

all the senses alerted

and put on notice,

looking out,

staring into night for the first glimpse of dawn.

So,

like a man sucking at a dry pipe

before it is filled and lit and savoured,

I am waiting and preparing,

taking steps to be ready

yearning with longing for the eternal,

a hallowed nostalgia

for the already here but partially recognized,

familiar in the handed down knowledge of mystery.

I’m staring into night for the first glimpse of dawn.