Epiphanies

 

 

 

 

For the shepherds,

Cacophony.

Music, angels, light

And clear instructions:

What. Where. Why. Go.

 

 

For us it was

Subtler:

The beckoning of the sudden star

In which we somehow saw

Eternity.

 

 

I held eternity.

Tiny.

And I watched in my arms

The curiosity of God

Touching gold for the first time.

 

 

But I saw the look in Mary's eyes

When I gave him myrrh.