A Poem For Today - Crèche

[KEN DICKINSON]

Crèche 

You can build one anywhere

but the heart would be my place of choice.

For a savior fits so conveniently

where the rough beast has chewed away enough straw

to make a hollow the size of an infant

desire  dream  resolution revolution.

The beast can be useful.

What is taken away makes room for a long 

awaited birth .

  

A light streams from above and from below

drawing  together the help needed-

angels wise women and men

shepherds for those parts  of us

still straying into doubt fear contempt intolerance 

counting up losses injustice tragedies.

We must persist. We must ask the hard questions.

We must render the hard  answers

And the child asked.

What is this place?

What is the ocean?

Can I stand by you?

A savior is someone who saves you,

who says

I shall pull you free

from under the cold waves

over and over again

I shall pull you free.

We answer the child

This place in time is our shore of true meeting.

The ocean is our Mother.

The earth is our Home.

We are its Guardians..

I shall stand by you

within this crèche 

that is the heart.

- Gail Onion

[Chris Wells]

Lovely - thanks Ken and Happy holidays to all!

 I love this line: 

a savior fits so conveniently

where the rough beast has chewed away enough straw

to make a hollow the size of an infant

Chris

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