Poem for Epiphany Matthew 2:1-12

For those who know these things

who study the signs

---- that they might know

what is

---- and is to come

Yes

---- even they

---- who could see the handwriting in the stars

Came

---- in search of the one foretold

---- the one who would make

---- all the searching

-------- yearning

------------ seeing

---- complete

The Heavens told them

This was the Messiah

---- the Christ

-------- the Prince of Peace

In a world longing so

------------------ for Peace

This was to be the one

Who would make all the Herods

---- in their quest for

-------- Peace

-------- (Law and Order at any Cost)

-------- and Tranquility

-------- (Change must not come too quickly

--------------------------------------- and upset

-------- the systems that fill my pockets)

lords

---- of only kingdoms

granted them in this world

-------- by the people

------------who wish to have security

------------ made up of the

------------------------------ bits

--------------------------------- and

-------------------------------------- pieces

-------------------------------------------- of

------------------------------------------------- human

------------------- Destruction

Into this came

-------------- and comes

the Kingdom

----- of the one who brings Peace

-------------------------- Shalom

-------------- even to the Herods

This Messiah

----- Born under the star

was here

Breaking into all the might

---------------------------- wisdom

----------------------------------- Power

---------- of this world

--------- with the seemingly helpless

--------------------------------------------- cry

--------------------------------------------------of a baby