It was Not a Quiet Night in Bethlehem
Though no less holy and no less bright.
Weary travelers seek refuge with family and friends.
Dusty city houses thousands in stables and inns.
60 mile trek, afoot, and with Child,
Mary presses among the crowd.
Joseph searches frantic for a place to stay.
In prophetic despair his wife and Christ-child rest on hay.
Away from the city hillsides are silent.
Skies fill with lights, angels, and singing in a moment.
Roughened shepherds receive news of a King.
Leaving flocks, they rush to the city, worshipping.
Fighting their way through the crowd,
They find the baby swaddled in a shroud.
The past and the future meet in a manger,
Love born to sacrifice for world full of strangers.
It was not a quiet night in Bethlehem
Thou no less holy and no less bright.
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27 Comments
Post a CommentExcellent take on the Christmas Birth.
This is just wonderful.
Just a reminder...I made in an earlier comment....mange...should be manger...and Thou, should be though.....I emailed AC to fix, but nothing yet...I hope you get the gist of the poem anyway.
thankyou for this poem!
Fabulous poem!
From your heart to ours. Thank You fer sharin'. Merry Christmas. ;-}}>
Stunningly beautiful!
Very nice poem. It indeed was not a quiet night in Bethlehem. Oh, How I would have loved to have been there for this most wonderful night.
This one is a fiver!!!!!!
I love it :)