Green Nativity

Green Nativity

Under cover of darkness ,

bathed in starlight

three Magi sit watchfully

on camels seeking their way.

Hooves press lightly into the sand

making little carbon prints as they

slowly move ahead.

The Children of David from hillside

and village throng into Bethlehem ,

crowding evermore together , forming lines ;

to register for the census.

They are pushed and squashed and space

was denied ; making it uncomfortable

for people- producers like Mary.

The sheep lay in a valley , crisp and frosty with cold

watched by shepherds who were glad to be without

the heat of the day.

Each silent in thought until that golden solar powered

radiance crossed the sky and changed their lives forever.

Eternity had visited Bethlehem.

So it was that , a baby born in poverty , placed where

animals had laid , received Magi and shepherds ,

proud and humble , with offerings to match ;

a fairtrade indeed.

Jesus was his name.

And now two thousand years on

of people now six billion strong

so Dear Son of Man , please from us receive :

Fresh water to drink , clean air to breathe,

the seeds of plants and trees to birth

rejuvenating our dying Earth.

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Ck 07/12/'09

A very merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year.

Read me in '10.