Deep Was the Night
Deep was the night
when shepherds discovered
what they were not
looking for
Not welcomed by townsfolk
unclean by religious
standards, they kept sheep
not rules
Accustomed to loneliness they
expected no notice
from on high for
they were too low
Yet into that deep night
there came something
like singing telling them
to fear not
But they had befriended fear-
fear of not enough
fear of steady rejection
fear of fear
So why did some proud
heavenly parent pick
such a band of
forgotten folk?
Perhaps because the manger child
was to be a shepherd
who would seek the lost
and tend the forgotten
Yes, deep was the night
only to be filled
with surprise and
shepherds were the first to know
Jody Seymour
Christmas 2016
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