A Christmas Poem

A CHRISTMAS POEM

AMAZING:

That You should choose the night

And bathe the dark awash in light!

AMAZING:

That You should come so small

And not look like a king at all.

AMAZING:

That straw should line Your bed,

The throne to which Your sheep are led.

AMAZING:

That wise men chart a star

To seek and find You where You are!

The star in darkness;    

Straw and sheep;  

Shepherds, angels –

Symbols deep.

AMAZING:

That You should choose these signs –

Such simple ones, like bread and wine.

In all our darkness

Pierce our night.

Let Love shine forth  

To be our LIGHT!

Anne Therese Dillen, OSU