A poem for the Yuletide

I originally wrote this last year in honour of the Winter Solstice. Enjoy!

The Darkest Night has come at last.
We've watched as it arrived
The darkness crawling, deepening both within and without.

But Hark!
Now the Longest Night has come
What next?

Only the growing of the Light
Brightening the World
As the Sun is reborn.

She will strengthen,
She will brighten,
And before long
She will bring with her the spring.

So take heart this Yuletide Eve.
Celebrate and enjoy the rebirth of the sun.
For as the year grows and strengthens,
May you and yours do the same