A Christmas Poem
Across this desert land we came
With laden backs and heavy loads
We didn’t have an easy trip
No simple paths or painless roads
But standing here, outside the house
We share an anxious smile
Will what we find inside be worth the while?
We fear to find the truth
It’s such an odd and crazy thing
The truth: Might we be wrong again somehow?
It seems too ordinary for a king
But no—it’s too late to turn back now