We Grow Accustomed to the Dark
$2.25
For Solstice or Advent or anytime we deal with darkness in our lives. Sung by LUMINA women’s ensemble.
Poet/Lyricist: Emily Dickinson
Featured on Classical Minnesota Public Radio’s ‘Taste of the Holidays’ CD Volume 6
Premiere: LUMINA Women’s Ensemble
We grow accustomed to the Dark –
When light is put away –
As when the Neighbor holds the Lamp
To witness her Goodbye –
A Moment – We uncertain step
For newness of the night –
Then – fit our Vision to the Dark –
And meet the Road – erect –
And so of larger – Darknesses –
Those Evenings of the Brain –
When not a Moon disclose a sign –
Or Star – come out – within –
The Bravest – grope a little –
And sometimes hit a Tree
Directly in the Forehead –
But as they learn to see –
Either the Darkness alters –
Or something in the sight
Adjusts itself to Midnight –
And Life steps almost straight.
-Emily Dickinson
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