Solstice meets Advent

The last solstice of the year
Obsidian and bleak
The fog all consuming
Dense and rain -clad 
Droplets running down the glass 
Channelled down. 
The celestial ‘Christmas Star’ 
Of this millennium 
Obscured
And hidden 
Announcing the advent of 
Christmas 
Also eclipsed by 
The bleakest of news
Borders closed
Nowhere to go
Tiers of restriction
Mirroring
That real story
Two thousand years ago
When everything was closed
Everything tricky
And Heaven came down to Earth.