26/08/2026
The Turning
There is a quiet wisdom
in the turning of the year,
the leaf that lets go,
the bird that trusts the open sky,
the light that softens
into evening.
Nothing stays as it was,
yet nothing is truly lost.
What falls nourishes the earth,
What leaves makes space for new growth,
What rests gathers strength
for what is yet to come.
Perhaps this is the gift of change,
to loosen our hold
on what has been,
and trust the unseen season
waiting beyond it.
So let the wind change us,
let the old leaves fall,
let the birds follow their longing.
There is renewal
in every letting go
and in the hush between seasons,
something new is preparing to unfold.
~ 'The Turning' by Spirit of a Hippie
✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art by Megan Shumway
