The Brightest Star of the Quietest Night In Bethlehem
Who more than the watchful shepherds of a meadow so far,
were astonished by the brightest star
of the quietest night in Bethlehem?
Didn't they hear the angels singing the loudest hymn?
And they followed it through deserted towns,
and the more they looked at it, the more it shone;
far behind they saw thee camels carrying those wise men:
kings of foreign countries with dark and fair skin bringing gifts.
Whom they expected to see: a shivering baby in the hay?
Little they knew that He was going to be their King,
to give them a gift that no coins could buy in the light of day...
and they wondered why the happy angels were singing!
People came out of their houses to watch the brightest star with the longest tail,
which some of them recognized from the words of Isaiah; and it wasn't a tale
that mothers told their little children...then they all began to stare at it and admire
the brightest star of the quietest night in Bethlehem not thinking of imminent dire!
Only once the saw the brightest night of the quietest night in Bethlehem,
they had seen many stars...none of them compared to that one;
and their perception was that what was prophesied would have startled them...
how joyful they were staring at the divine face of God's Son!
Entered in Debbie Guzzi's contest,
" Deja vu Christmas "
Inspired by the song, " O Come All Ye Faithful "
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