Annual Christmas Poem: Into the Silence

Into the Silence

Into the silence of a world

weary of waiting

came but a whisper

though

eager hearts wanted

a crescendo of wonder

“Overcome our longings with

shouts and cries of

‘no more tears’”

came the pleas from

so many who thought

God to be asleep

if not dead

But the very awake God

shaped a sound that

was unexpected

and the soft cry of

the child was

heard only by those

who were still listening

So shepherds thought the

stars just might be singing

but what did they know?

No one would listen to them

for they were ones

of no account

And strangers who watched those

same stars heard what sounded

like, “go and seek,”

so they followed their hearts

though some

doubted their minds

and thought their long journey

foolish

  

 So the whisper was discovered

in the awesome silence

of a world surprised

and God said to the silence

and to the seekers and shepherds,

“Emmanuel…I am

now one of you.”

And so now this year

in the midst of so

much noise

Will you listen again

to the silence?

If you do you will hear

God say,

“Love is born for you”

Jody Seymour

Christmas 2014