look, light has broken
on the darkened world
vanished is the lonely night —
eternity dawns

a life incredible, vivid, excellent.
look, light has broken
on the darkened world
vanished is the lonely night —
eternity dawns
Jehovah, how can
One so great become so small?
Yahweh, a baby?
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?
here on a hay bed
open eyes shine black
peering from a tiny face
even still womb-wet
the baby should’ve looked
like someone they knew
or at least recognized
in that tiny town full
of related faces
when death is no more
He shall joy restore
through ages long we wait the One
whose coming will mean night is done
i don’t always feel its pull
the tug at my heart that says
‘what if all this one day were yours?’
from ashes cold flame forth in light —
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