• Beth Chapman
  • Home
  • Bio
  • Book
  • Blog
  • Media

30 Oct

Darkness’s Point

Beth Blog 0 0

001

There’s a small room in my house that probably, at some time, was a closet. Now an open window welcomes the sun all day. Abiding in the room are my plants, feathers, and my grandmother’s rocking chair. Soft music plays for them throughout the day. The rocking chair is probably 100 or more years old. My grandmother rocked her baby, my mother, in the chair. My mother sat in the chair and rocked her baby… me.

Last night I went in to say good night and turn the music off. With the season’s change the sliver moon stood centered in the window highlighting the room’s darkness. I know I probably moved the chair but its position I did not recognize. The chair was turned facing the moon. In the darkness its silhouette and the moon were dancing. Perhaps the chair was gently rocking the moon. Or, perhaps the moon was softly rocking the rocker. No matter the momentum’s source, the invitation was heard and received. I sat down in the chair, slowly rocked, let the creak move through my body, and gazed at the moon. The singer’s melody swam through the darkness like dolphins in the night… “The sweetest words I’ve ever read or thought or sung or prayed were praises for the world.*”

An odd scrich tonight. One that has no point and maybe absent an ending. But in a world filled with so much suffering and loss, a little hobbit sat in a rocker. A rocker crafted so well from the trees of the earth and pride that it has withstood the test of time. A sense of legacy creaked in its bones. Plants were bathing in moonlight. Feathers glistened while the gifting birds were nestled in trees. The moon smiled. The stars danced. And I rocked gently to the music. Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. Gratitude. Hope. Gratitude. Hope. Gratitude. Hope.

The camera will not capture the image in the darkness that sat as I rocked. It requires light. And, maybe, that’s the point.

 

*Jennifer Berezan “Praises to the World”

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

Related


darkness hope light peace
Twitter Facebook

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Walking the Earth

  • IMG_2263
  • IMG_2254
  • IMG_2258
  • IMG_2252
  • IMG_2256
  • IMG_2259
  • IMG_2251
  • IMG_2262
  • IMG_2255

Recent Posts

  • Celebrating Mama’s Day
  • Whispered Trilogy
  • Spring Equinox
  • Polarities
  • Silence Broken

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Categories

  • Blog
  • Media

Archives

  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2020
  • August 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • September 2017
  • May 2017
  • January 2017
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014

Recent Comments

  • Deborah Mars on Celebrating Mama’s Day
  • Deborah Mars on Spring Equinox
  • Beth on Spring Equinox
  • Deborah Mars on Spring Equinox
  • Deborah Mars on Polarities


  • Home
  • Bio
  • Book
  • Blog
  • Media

Copyright © 2014. Beth Chapman. All rights reserved.
 
 

Loading Comments...