Strange Advent

                     

                                                                  Strange Advent                                                             

 

            But Jesus said, “Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me:

                                              for of such is the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 19:14

 

Have you not heard?

Christmas has been cancelled.

There’s to be no celebration,

and no meeting and greeting,

during the Covid season.

 

So, go tell the wise men,

In their four-wheeled drives:

they can go home to Persia,

for the family they are seeking,

have been lost along the way.

 

Fortunately – or not,

they found the means,

via greedy eager men –

so very happy to help –

 only needing to be paid,

to help them on their way.

 

     So, the refugee family, –

fleeing from danger,

do finally arrive,

to where the sea divides;

across to where they pray,

their safety will lay.

 

                                                        In despair – ignoring portents,

they give their consent,

to board the flimsy raft:

Yusef – Maryam – and child;

are – as they always will be,

lost souls cast upon the sea.

 

Such a strange Advent;

star-shells illuminating

the Boarder Force – seeking

abroad the recessive sea;

while fishermen now dread,

what may lie in their nets.

 

So, have you not heard?

Christmas has been cancelled.

with no celebrations;

no meeting and greeting,

after the Covid season.

 

The Christ-child is not to be found:

                                                                      he is drowned

 

                                             ©  D G Moody 2020