WINTER SONG

WINTER SONG

Out of stillness deep as sunken stone

light comprehends the night’s intended drift:

clear stars that find their certitude alone

strike glory from the planets till the after-image

widens to the stirred pool’s rim.

Oh lightly rides the heavens’ weight

(as Spirit broods and starbirds skim)

where waters sing under their burden of delight

the Virgin Mother’s flowering.

Sister M Gilbert SNJM

Commonweal.  29 December 1961