It is the universal statement of a star,
the message Orion
has carried
in winter through the ages:
It is the dark
which illuminates.
~ Lyn Dalebout
A quiet settles on the hills
Augmented by the birds,
Everything is softer --
A time for fewer words.
A time best spent listening
To the voices of the land,
How softly winter guides us
With her wondrous hand.