alignment

with the winter solstice

of 2025

some stones that had been arranged

millennia ago

magnetically attracted

thousands of people

from far-flung regions

and pomegranates were eaten

and rituals followed.

..

five thousand years ago

people figured out how to track the seasons

using the shadows of hewn stones

and this alignment

casts another shadow

on who we have been

and who we might become

if we pay enough attention.