{"id":844,"date":"2023-12-06T19:31:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T00:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/?p=844"},"modified":"2023-12-06T19:31:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T00:31:52","slug":"6-decembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/2023\/12\/06\/6-decembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"#6 decembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There comes an evening in December when I leave the studio and there is no light on in the house. And so I have to face the dark. It’s not late. I don\u2019t need a watch to tell me that, or a friend. These days I have a phone which can double as a flashlight, but I try to pause, to feel the dark, the habits of my steps on the driveway, my routine direction through the leaves. It’s a simple moment that I tend to cringe at, but if I remember to drop my shoulders and zip up my coat I can trust my foot will find the path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0To Face the Dark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To face the dark,
one does not need a light.
Nor does one need a watch,
a feather, a melody, a sword, a pen.
One doesn\u2019t even need a friend.
To face the dark,
one needs only to face the dark.
There is something easier then
about the facing, when we know
we need no preparation.
Nothing is asked of us except
the willingness to face the dark,
the willingness to pause
in that moment when we
cannot see, cannot know,
cannot float on the sea of habit,
cannot fly on the feathers of routine.
But already, I\u2019ve taken this too far.
It\u2019s so simple, the invitation,
that it\u2019s easy to miss what is asked.
Not a journey. Not even a step.
Just the chance to face the dark,
to meet yourself in that facing\u2014
and to notice what being erased
and what\u2019s doing the erasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, poem\/video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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