A farmer snores, and his tired wife,
brushes the day's last dust from her door,
glances up at the bright new star, and
shuts it out, her mind on tomorrow.
Two lovers steal to a secret bank, where
locked in each other's limbs and eyes,
they miss the nearby birth of Love
as they rush for the flesh's release.
Harassed innkeepers unwittingly
send the star guest empty away, thus
wasting their shot at eternal fame,
and a blue plaque on history's wall.
Yet the signs are there, and some take note:
the new star lightens the Gentiles' way
and a scholarly scramble in Jerusalem
wakens King Herod's sly rage.
No palace walls or fretful cares
block the shepherds' view this night:
flawed, but blessed with pure, open hearts;
the first pilgrims to gaze on God.
The sign is there; all may take note -
the new-risen star shines on in the dark,
guiding pilgrims intent on God
through death to the tree of Life.
brushes the day's last dust from her door,
glances up at the bright new star, and
shuts it out, her mind on tomorrow.
Two lovers steal to a secret bank, where
locked in each other's limbs and eyes,
they miss the nearby birth of Love
as they rush for the flesh's release.
Harassed innkeepers unwittingly
send the star guest empty away, thus
wasting their shot at eternal fame,
and a blue plaque on history's wall.
Yet the signs are there, and some take note:
the new star lightens the Gentiles' way
and a scholarly scramble in Jerusalem
wakens King Herod's sly rage.
No palace walls or fretful cares
block the shepherds' view this night:
flawed, but blessed with pure, open hearts;
the first pilgrims to gaze on God.
The sign is there; all may take note -
the new-risen star shines on in the dark,
guiding pilgrims intent on God
through death to the tree of Life.
