BIRTH

BIRTH

THERE WASN’T A GOOD CHOICE

FOR A NEAR TERM WOMAN

SHANK’S MARE

OR DONKEY

BUT BETHLEHEM MUST BE ATTAINED

BETHLEHEM

AKA

HOUSE OF BREAD

BEING LED BY A MAN

WHOSE CHILD THIS WASN’T

TESTING THE VERY ROOT OF HIS MANHOOD

HE LOVED HER

HE’D HEARD THE ANGEL

BUT STILL A SENSE OF UNCERTAIN

CHURNED IN HIS GUT

DELIVERING GOD IS NEVER AN EASY TASK

WHO SHALL CLEAR THE MOUNTAINS

TO MAKE THE ROAD PLANE

WHO SHALL FILL THE VALLEYS

TO MAKE THE ROAD PLANE

WHO SHALL PATROL THE HIGHWAY

TO PROTECT HER FROM BRIGANDS

WHO SHALL REMIND JOSEPH OF HER LOVE

TO SOOTHE HIS ACHING HEART

ONWARD SHE COMES

BRIMMING WITH PROMISE

ONWARD SHE COMES

THE CHILD LEAPING

IN ANTICIPATION

EAGER TO BE ONE OF US

WILL YOU GIVE THEM SHELTER

WILL YOU LET HER BIRTH IN YOUR HEART

WILL YOU LET THE BABY BE BORN IN YOUR HEART

THEN LIVE AS ONE IN WHOM GOD HAS BEEN BORN

FRANK A VOLLMER