Merging

Hanukkah and Christmas, 

in history and in belief ~

two spiritual pauses overlap

as year’s end draws nigh ~

an ease for family and friends.

To forget to breathe

in the pall of grief

   in a haze of shopping
 dims the candle lights

    turns up brittle noise

To take time to breathe

  gentles the pall of grief

    clears away the haze

   rests in the glow of candles

     softens into melodies of 

Hanukkah and Christmas.

“There are no clear borders,

Only merging invisible to the sight.”

~ Dejan Stojanovic, Circling 1978 -1987