the baby should’ve looked
like someone they knew
or at least recognized
in that tiny town full
of related faces
All articles filed in Christmas
adore
when death is no more
He shall joy restore
await
through ages long we wait the One
whose coming will mean night is done
arise
from ashes cold flame forth in light —
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longing
i don’t always feel its pull the tug at my heart that says ‘what if all this one day were yours?’ what if that day never comes? i have learned through my life that my empty hands are neither a curse nor a definition, but a gift … still, in this season of celebration the…
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emmanuel
oh papa, the wolves gather round us
oh papa, the soldiers slay fast
oh papa, the prophets confound us
oh papa, how long will this last?
oriens
o morning star, rise in our darkness
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sapientia
o wisdom come —
come again
radix
oh papa, the fields are plowed under oh papa, the seeds are all salt oh papa, the tree’s burned to cinders oh papa, we know it’s our fault oh papa, the babies are crying oh papa, the streets run with blood oh papa, look, everyone’s dying oh papa, how can this bring good? oh papa,…
Read Morepopcorn, ginger beer miracle on 34th — Christmas has begun
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