look, light has broken
on the darkened world
vanished is the lonely night —
eternity dawns
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eternal and finite
Jehovah, how can
One so great become so small?
Yahweh, a baby?
everything — and us
poor, his bed is not
even his to claim
at least in human reck’ning
could this be the one
ev’ry soul longs for?
eternity sleeps
here on a hay bed
open eyes shine black
peering from a tiny face
even still womb-wet
Image of the Invisible
the baby should’ve looked
like someone they knew
or at least recognized
in that tiny town full
of related faces
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
longing
i don’t always feel its pull
the tug at my heart that says
‘what if all this one day were yours?’
arise
from ashes cold flame forth in light —
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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?
