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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2009-12-23 02:55 PM

She, who sought a resting place
Upon the brink of birth
Was offered just a corner
In the hollows of the earth

WHat lowly bed! A cattle stall!
In dank of beast and hay
The earthy stench of hide and hoof
The bellowing and bray

No comfort was afforded
'Neath a roof that housed the wild
Yet in these shadows God bestowed
The most exhalted Child

His garment was a simple cloth
His room. a cattle stall
His cry for life was heard by beasts
Who knew no God at all

Yet He would rise from lowly hay
To heights no man has known
And sit upon the hallowed seat
Of God's most lofty throne

No king, no prince, no man of wealth
Born under sheets of silk
No infant wrapped in golden threads
And weaned on royal milk

Could ever reach this pinnacle
The realm of the divine
The trinity, omnipitance
Magnificence sublime

So high He dwells yet reaches down
To each and every man
And offers to uplift our souls
To places high and grand

And now this eve of Christmas
Upon the fragile brink of birth
The hour has come to contemplate
EAch man's intrinsic worth

To praise ,adore and glorify
The meaning of Christ's name
To pause and to recall
The humble place from which He came

So that we are remninded
The significance and worth
Of every word and every deed
We render on this earth

Elizabeth Santos

sandgrain
Member Elite

since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

1 posted 2009-12-25 11:29 PM

Wonderful, Liz! Your words really bring the meaning home. We, too, all wonder why would and how could HE be mindful of the likes of us.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

God bless,
Rae

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

2 posted 2009-12-26 02:31 AM

Liz this was wonderfully done. Merry Christmas to you and the entire family.

Happy Holidays
♥ Mysteria ♥

Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

3 posted 2010-01-05 12:09 PM

Glad to see you are still here and still writing beautiful poetry! Beautiful Christmas poem. Hope you had a nice Christmas and will have a Happy New Year.
If you don't see me hear. I started a blog..
http://dottiesdotcom.wordpress.com/

Hope to do a poetry one later.

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