half the planet was on the road
everyone traveling to the town of their birth
to sign on the dotted line
at the command of Augustus Caesar
king of the world.
The man Joseph,
and Mary his fiancé,
were well on their way
to his own home town, Bethlehem.
Long before their wedding vows
would ever be taken
Mary had been awakened
her eyes were opened
and her spirit shaken
by a heaven sent messenger.
You are favored, the angel said
Lifted skyward by the Most High God
Among every woman on this messed up planet
You are most--- blessed--- of all
She was flabbergasted--
(It was quite a hello)
Don’t be afraid--
No fear
said the envoy
Out of all the possibles
He has chosen You--
You are going to be pregnant
by the breath of God,
the Holy One
It will be a boy child
and He already has a name—
God
With
Us.
I don’t understand, said Mary.
You seem to know all things--
You must know I’ve never been with a man
Peace... said the emissary,
the Wind, the Spirit, will shadow you
and within yourself you will know it’s true
the inconceivable conceived in you
from the heart of the Holy One
and this is the hope
that the earth has been crying for
Mary listened,
took it in,
breathed
and somehow... she believed.
Here I am for God, said she
Let it be
Let it be
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