Along the Star Trail

Through the vast expanse of the sky In the caliginous night A lone bright star trailed along Was it Sirius- the pole star Navigating the sailors of the sea? No, it started its journey From the Heaven’s imperial threshold And through hindering clouds Made its way, shining bright Its lambent rays dancing in glee Making bright everything under the sky All starlets of the firmament cowered in shame And hid in remote corners dark This celestial light piloted the three wise kings Who from the East had traveled a long way To see infant Jesus, with gifts in their hands Crossing hills and dells, moors and mounts With the star travelling over their heads The magi reached Bethlehem Wherein beheld the Star of stars, the son of God In the simplest of dwelling, in a stable In this season when hundreds of stars shine Here, there and in every house and spire A humble prayer rises from our hearts ‘Through Life’s weary highway as we pass Let your light pilot us like a lighthouse Ere we drown in a wind tossed sea’!