As modesty,
Another form
Of beauty,
Is God’s identity
Christ,
The incarnated word,
The Omnipresent God
Revealed himself
In a human flesh,
Formed from
His breath
And a sod.
The Omnipotent
Sucked milk
In Saint Mary’s hold
Humble, born in a barn
Confined in tiny chest
And small height
Humankind’s mold;
What an unmatched
Miracle down
Generation lane
To be told;
Considerate cows
And donkeys
With their breath
Protected Him
From biting cold.
Angels felicitated
Shepherds
“A King Child
A Child God
Is born in Bethlehem
True to what prophets
The unfolding told.”
Threatened by
Herod’s sword
Evacuating the place
Soon
They had to be bold.
Though outside
Awaits them
A blanket of snow
They know
To trekking
The eye-blinding
White road
They couldn’t
Say “NO”.
Three wise men
Came from far
Led by a
Peculiarly shining
And pointing star.
They came
With myrrh
To draw
Attention to
The Omniscient
Baby’s crucifixion
Flogged to death
By those
That proved
Devoid of
Mental health.
The three came with
Frankincense
To show
He is Almighty God
And also with Gold
A precious thing
To show He is a King.
After jealousy-burnt
Herod
Further learnt
From the wise men
Of a Special Child
Ease he couldn’t find;
“Wise men
If you want to pay
Homage to
The king child
The same gesture
I have in mind
Come back
This way
Be kind,
For otherwise
The mysterious
Barn how could
I find?”
But the wise men
Took another way
Not believing
Every bit
About what
He has to say.
An angel was urging
Joseph to take
“The child and
The mother far
The child’s beheading
By Herod’s unsheathed
Brandishing sword
To bar,
Is there anything
Like immigration
Life that mar?
Then
In the absence of car
Began hitting the road
Saint Mary, Christ
On donkey’s back
Probably Joseph
And Salome not
Carrying a bite,
Also water in a jar.
As devil
Incarnated in a snake
Duped Eve
To the curse,
Doom of man
Double crossing Satan
By the rule of
His own game
God beat him in
A holy way
Doing the same.
On Christmas
Men and angels
Otherwise asunder
Drew closer
Also sky and earth
Closed ranks
To mark Christ’s birth.
Like iron bar and fire
Word and flesh
God and Man
United one
To the
Bafflement of Satan.
The wise men
To Christ
Proffered a gift,
Following suit
We offer gratuities
Many hearts to uplift.
Forgiveness
Modesty, empathy
Peace and love
We have to put
Everything above
Why?
Because
Christ was attracted
From the sky
To the extent
Our identity to buy
So as to mend
God-and-man’s
Relation severed
BY ALEM HAILU G/KRISTOS
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SUNDAY EDITION 24 DECEMBER 2023
