I said to the one who stood at the Gate of the Year,
Give me a light that I might go safely out into the darkness.
The gatekeeper replied,
Go out into the darkness and put your hand
into the hand of God.
That shall be more to you than a light and safer than a known way.
aware this time from the inside out, and to stand this time
as a beautiful un-worrying witness, living beyond
the need for this or that...