A Solstice Blessing

Written by Pádraig Ó Tuama

As night stretches here,

day contracts elsewhere.

And in their night, we are

bathed in light. In all nights

there is light; in long days

there can be ache too.

For you, we call the sun

to stand still a while, and

the moon too, and stars, and

the waters and the heavens.

Hells as well — just for a

second; just for a breath.

May that breath rest you.

And may each breath rest you,

as it has until now, and now