the day after Christmas
do not scratchthe pricetagoff my redemptionshow me the recieptshow me whatyou spenti promisei will not return itthe day after Christmasi have been psychingmyself up for thissince November 25thnow it feels likeclosing nightof a playfor which i spent much timememorizing lineswill i findtime and linesobsolete in the morning?rejoice, my soulkeep singing
sing
“rejoice, Emanuel”the day after Christmas“fall on your knees”the day afterthe day after Christmaskeep beckoning friends
in song
“come, let us adore him”the day afterthe day afterthe day after Christmaskeep singing“glory to the newborn King”the day afterday afterday afterday after Christmaskeep singing for“the herald angels sing”long after Christmas
Christmas eve meditation
MessiahYou are re-incarnatedin my historyeach Christmasas in Your firstentry into world historyYou divide everything intopastand futureyou bring hope againin forgiveness formin form offuture freedomfrom failureyou come laughingin infant optimismthe past has pasttomorrow islifepressing new yearpetalsup through hardwinter soilliferising againstabandonmentthat threatensevery illigitimatesonlifeborn sans sanitationandwithout midwifelifeescapingjealouskilling kingsescapingbitter mobsfists full of stonelife embracingmanas brotherembracingdeathlifelying down andstanding up againeach yearlike baby Mosestaking first stepson river banks ofdesert sandthen crossing seathen crossing river
a Christmas hymn
i come home and
see my father
through the window
in the dark
next to unlit
Christmas tree hestands still holding
cup of tea
he is staring
out the window
but he does not
look at me
i just drove in
from the manger
scene i saw in
stranger’s yard
leaving home I
see My Father
through My new eyes
As they form
My new mouth can’t
drink a drop from
bitter cup My
Father holds
in His mercy
He will hold it
‘til He looks a-way from Me
I just got in-
to the manger
I just came in-
to My world
