December Sonnet

Photo by Stéphane Juban on Unsplash

A Poem by Chelsea Fraser

Beside a fire’s burning light, the world

distills here; and now, in warming sparks

and welcome orange dancers, sharing curls

of joy, dispersing all the smoke and dark

from this small Everything where you and I

remember hope: an ember born of will

immortal, once delivered for our joy—

the fullness filled. The world distilled—

another log to stoke the blaze anew,

(for even fire does not last very long)

and we are shaken from our reverie

to work for joy and presence in our home.

            Prepare Him room, and infinite will come,

            Immanuel, to blaze our hearts again. 

Chelsea Fraser wears many hats: she is a wife, mother, poet, musician, and arts administrator. Chelsea holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in Organizational Communication. She runs FPC Arts, a ministry that uses the arts to unlock and empower the full potential of who God has made each of us to be. She has been published in Ekstasis Magazine, The Dewdrop, Vessels of Light Journal, and Persephone Literary Magazine.