Shadows

(shadows only)

see the infant king.

The shadow of a tired mother

head upon the lap

of a man, too tired to sleep.

The shadows of the animals

that peer in interest down

at their firs lodger–in their trough.

The shadows of the shepherds,

hot and out of breath,

that smell of sheep

and breathe in deep

and bow down low.

Shadows–leading camels

through the desert sands

that come to bring

to some new king

the wealth of gentile lands.

–

While Herod’s palace revels

in light and easy silk

and pharisees can walk with ease

and light their lamps with grease,

the shadows in the darkness

the men the lamps have missed

stand in awe

with wonder all

for they have seen their

LORD.

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