sunlight slants
shadows lengthen
time to breathe
out
and
in
time to go home
to head for
hearth and the
heart
that
waits
there
Evening is my favorite time of day. It is not as luscious in the winter as in the summer, but it is still my favorite. The world seems to slow down. Every care, every hassle seems to disappear for a while.
Maybe I love it because of all the good times I had as a kid playing outside until being called in for dinner. Maybe I love it because for such a long time I worked from 3 to 9 and never got to see the sunsets--so I don't take them for granted. Whatever--love the evening.
Dear Julia, thank you for your kind comment on my 'home' post..you describe the pull between old and new so well, the constant ache - it's like the images of our childhoods are forever etched into the walls of our hearts. I am learning to live with it and I certainly have no regrets. Some days my faith in myself and my path is unshakeable, on others I feel like a fish on a bicycle riding into a cyclone! NZ is my home now, but SA will always have a piece of my soul.
ReplyDeleteThanks again xox
p.s. love your evening stone. I'm a morning person...I agree there is something magical about those moments when time is suspended between day and night x