A Christmas Star Is Always Born
Edward Curtin
It is no different now.
The yearning still gnaws.
The night dark, utterly silent,
Sky stretched endlessly back
Into an infinity beyond reach.
And the fears, the tears
Are they any different?
It is no different now.
Joy sometimes, hope too, divisions
Seemingly unbridgeable, vast chasms
Opening between those closest.
Little changes, though two thousand years
Dissolve into oblivion behind us.
It is no different now.
Plus ça change,
Plus c’est la même chose.
Always the same.
Yet a word is heard dimly
Laboring out of the deafening black
Silence, almost but not inaudible.
And the angel says, “Go out,”
And the angel said, “Go out,”
Always the angel, always the voice
Bearing us up along the way
(If you do not turn to the inner light,
Where will you turn?), always calling:
“Journey far through strange country,
Follow the light you barely see
But which is the light of your life.
Follow it across the desert of your heart
Where wild beasts seek to devour you.
There is no time, there is no time
To hesitate. Now is the star’s hour,
Now you are called on a fool’s journey
Into a pig’s pen and a child’s strange
And glorious presence.” Thus speaks the angel
Again and again, no matter how dark
The darkest day, nothing changes.
It is no different now.
Now as always is the star’s hour.
Now as then a star is born to men
To lead us on. A light that darkness
Cannot overcome, despite us.
Love is not a sometimes thing,
Though we abuse it like the earth.
It is all we have to hold us up,
And it always will.
A star is always born.
Edward Curtin is an independent writer whose work has appeared widely over many years. His website is edwardcurtin.com and his new book is Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies.
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Nothing can be born unless there is an ‘l’ to perceive it.
Did you know that the shape of a traditional Christmas Tree displays the Sun’s circular orbit above our plane(t), from the wider tropic of capricorn up to the smaller tropic of cancer.. The lights/decorations around the tree show the Sun’s path. The star on the top represents Polaris, the north pole star which is always.stationary.
The idea of Christmas is very beautiful–the hopes and fears of all the years. Sadly, 2,000 years later, here we are….
Three fictions people believe
God exists; Viruses exist; politician’s promises…
Is that what they call “poetry”? How can you tell?
In Love we trust..
In amidst the dodgy dynamics of life, it’s still an incredible adventure.
On Christmas Eve our President-Elect vowed to vigorously pursue…the death penalty. Proof not only a star but a Christmas turd is always forthcoming.
Midnight mass was busiest I’ve seen in years.
Small revival happening as Denzel Washington and Russel Brand, Conor Macgregor heading back to Jesus and after covid and now the cost of living.. it this driving people back into faith.?
Is this all by design.?
It’s a valid question. If not, then it’s definitely being “nudged” now.
I doubt it as the global elites want to bring in a one world religion that would appeal to all faith systems.
Well that was lovely. Yes love is all we have to hold us up. Thank you.