Freezing freely, 5

FREEZING FREELY, FREELY FREEZING, 5

. In this sub-zero temperature of our winter lives, can only bear witness to the mysteries and surprises of life's and the world's seasons. This morning, I tried to challenge the chill of the universe, and the chill's threat got to the bones. But I saw 'em things of the cosmos, faithful to that covenant of surrender and from that surrender is the reason for hope and for hoping that one day soon past these winter cold, some spring days may come to welcome back the sun, or all of the suns, of our cosmic lives. Such is the sweet good luck of all mortal beings turning into something eternal in the eternity of the Earth, this earth of mankind. It is our prayer now, this cantata on Christmas morning when anniversaries too are real and concrete and memoranda for us to keep on remembering for always the life we have led. To the parents of Ie Agcaoili, Cams/Camille Agcaoili, and Francine Agcaoili, happy, happy, happy! PDX, 26 Dec 2016.