Winter Solstice

On this short dark day
eight months since you died
I remember the light

that you had inside you
light so incredible
I was basking, blessed

I turn in this lonely darkness
to search for the light within me
that you saw there and loved

now I must blow on the embers
cajole the glow
without your diligent tending

I step into this new year
forever darker without you
You would always see my sparks
You would always see my sparks