Rauhnacht’s Lied 8: Please Forgive Me

Rauhnacht's Lieder, from the Days Between the Years

NOTE: I’ve started to observe the Rauhnächte, the 12 days between the Winter Solstice and January 3. This has always been a special time for me, for many reasons. Some of these may become clear to you, dear reader —and perhaps also more clear to me, the writer!— as we travel through these dark days, these beloved dark days… and as I write these short “s…