A child in time.

Posted under Spiritual Poetry by Gilba

A child in time. Ó Alan Gilbert. 2009.

I heard that someone wrote a poem

More than a thousand years ago.

The author isn’t mentioned

So I guess we’ll never know.

Found at an excavation

In the land of Palestine.

It talks about a child

That was born around this time.

It says there was a baby

Delivered in a darkened place.

The world seemed to be brightened

By the smile upon his face.

It says his eyes were open wide

And of the deepest blue.

And it says they held a promise

Of hope for me and you.

It seems the babies crying

Was heard by passers by.

And because it seemed so out of place

They went to find out why.

Some of them carried presents,

It doesn’t mention what they were.

But reminds me of a story

Of gold frankincense and myrrh.

It doesn’t say the mothers name

But maybe that’s because,

It implies that there were rumours

As to who the father was.

Reports by those that held him

Said there was calmness in his eyes.

And they got the strangest feeling

That this new born babe was wise.

That’s all I have to tell you,

I wish that there was more.

I want to know what happened next,

What all the fuss was for.

Some scholars say he’s just a child

That time has left behind.

But many think this gentle babe

Was the saviour of mankind.

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