Hymn to the Nameless One

Now as the year swings down,

and the darkness encloses

even the smallest bird,

the largest animal,

and we too enter the hour

when everything is falling once more

into the twilight

of not knowing,

what we ask is that

you be with us,

not as a pillar of fire

nor a blaze across

the heavens,

but like water

at rest in a pitcher

which catches the morning light

and is filled

with its own radiance.