Thought for the day, Friday 24th June

Midsummer Song by Caitlin Matthews,

“Dark is the night, far is the dawning,
Sing for the shining of light on the way.
Hearken, be ready, attend to my calling:
Sing all you guardians who wait at the door.

Sing, sing, sing for the dawning,
Sing for the midnight, the noon and the day
Sing, sing, sing for the morning
Sing for the dawning of this glorious day.

Some say that wisdom is born of believing,
Sing for the shining of light on the way.
Some say that wisdom is born is deceiving,
But wisdom shines bright in the night or the day.

Stones they were standing when starlight was breaking,
Sing for the shining of light on the way.
The seas and rivers attend to their courses
When sunlight and moonlight upon them do play.

The old times returning, the new times restoring,
Sing for the shining of light on the way.
From the beginning the old ones are singing.
The song of the making that welcomes this day.”