A Christmas Poem

By Judith Anne Mitchell, Trinity's Director of Music & Arts

Light is coming into the world.

          Can you see it?

Music is coming into the world.

          Can you hear it?

Love is coming into the world.

          Can you receive it?

Peace is coming into the world.

          Can you live it?

Oh, these four are huge and will not be missed;

Could not possibly go unnoticed!

Our world is so dark – we shall surely see Light.

Our world is so noisy – we shall surely hear music.

Our world is so hate-filled – we shall surely receive love.

Our world is at war – we shall surely want to live in peace.

But remember, the Wise Men wandered

For over 700 days

Trying to follow One Star.

And shepherds in fields under the stars

Never felt the need to follow a star

But heard music and somehow found the cave

Where Jesus was born.

How inconvenient of God to wait until Mary’s ninth month

To put her on a donkey’s back

To travel to Bethlehem.

Oh, God – what a mystery:

In order to see, we close our eyes;

In order to hear, we go within;

In order to receive, we let, not make, life happen.

In order to live and become wise, we wander many paths.

Oh, God – what a mystery:

The Light to show us the way

Hidden in the dark.

The Music of angels

Hidden in plain sound.

The hope of love

Hidden in our vulnerability.

The peace of the whole world

Hidden in the cave of our hearts.

We are all

Wise ones, shepherds, angels, children, mothers, fathers,

creatures on the ultimate Star Trek home.