Advent

 

The rain
dulls the season
with its dank weight
removing the lustre
colder
fresher days
offer

crisp mornings
are instead mist filled
and heavy clouds
grey-in the day

but did you know
this is just cover
for the promise
the promise
that is more glorious
than all the frosty mornings
and clear skies
and low sun
can bring

right now
words are rehearsed
and wings shined
and the promise unfolded

In this season
behind the grey
is a light
that will find
the crack
in the darkest moments
and will run through

with alleluias
and gloria’s of good news
and peace to all people
and each will curl and twist
will bind and curve together
in a performance of wonder
as they take the shape
of a migrant child
vulnerable and fragile
made all of light

And we will see him
rising in the east
with the dawn

he is one of us