Mardi Gras

Clowns and carnivals

Pancakes and King cakes

Purple, green and gold

Tastes and colours

that speak of revelry

the storm before the calm

For suddenly

the cacophony is hushed

and Epiphany moves on to Lent

and we wait.

We wait quietly

for an emergence

from the wilderness

whiling away the hours

in penitence

learning the language

of silence

anticipation 

and revelation

and in the waiting

discovering life

in all its fulness.