Poem based on John 1:1-14

In the darkness of the eternal night

in an emptiness of void

burst forth the light

                upon all that was not

                                and became life

                and all that was

                                                is

                                                                and will be

and there was

                at this before time and place

Love

                created in its own

a universe

                born of its word

                                and living in the light of

                                                                this love

exploding onto the nothingness of all

the joy

                color

                                laughter

                                                song

that in the untouched reaches of our memory

                still sing

hammered and molded into a world

full of need

and yet longing for that love

kindled in the sweet lullaby

of a mother

in a far off forgotten place

singing

                from the untouched reaches of our memory

to the light

                created anew

from before all time and place

                in the helpless innocence

                of this

                                (Emmanuel)      

                                                child