Yule Fires

In ancient days the folk of old

When chilled with fright by the winter's cold,

Did kindle up a great Yule fire

With leaping flames in its' great pyre

So to entice the waning sun

To rise again and wider run;

Its' fiery course across the sky

To warm them so they would not die

So we, whose minds now sense a chill

of anger at the evil will

The human conflict, hate and strife

Which holds a menace over the life,

Would kindle up a flame of love

That we within our hearts many move

In Yuletide joy with love embrace

And thus abide in peace and grace

 

~ John G. Mackinnon

 

 

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