Epiphany

As the newborn slumbers in the night, his mother
Gazes at him in wonder and delight.
What a miracle the child is!
He is precious, perfect - a prince of peace.
Even the angels concur, carolling
Jubilant tunes across the star-studded skies
Drawing shepherds and their flocks from afar
To see the saviour of the world in swaddling soft.
While star-trailing kings from the East bear gifts
Of gold, frankincense and myrrh
The highest honour to Emmanuel, God-with-us.
Nativity epiphany!
To see what is revealed in the wintry darkness
Revering, revelling in the mystic truth
That a tiny babe can redeem humanity
Conquering sin through love through time,
No greater love has man than a god who loved
The world so much that he gave his only son
To be born; to live and die agonizingly alone.
Bearing the gift of eternal life in his human entity
The Christ child brings us back to the beginning_
The way it's supposed to be.
When man and woman were created
To live in unity.