ALBA, FOR A DARK YEAR


the star, the child, the light returns
the darkness will not win completely nor will the green dragon entirely devour the sun

what is this softness that will not take no for an answer
that penetrates and masses like love
in an empty heart?

Buddha has seen the morning star dawns purple and then gold in the snowy mountains

your hands flicker like sunlight among candles

children
sit down in the streets they buy peace with their blood
it shines on the gloomy pavement

our prayers
envelope us like a crystal sphere in which we all are moving