2013 Christmas Poem
2013 Christmas Poem
and pick up the occasional sea shell
that’s not been bleached or broken,
bringing it home to my granddaughter who
lives mid-continent, but loves the ocean.
and so I search the sea for a black back
gliding in and out of gentle waves, curved
up and then down, breathing, playing,
searching for fish to eat—
Have a holly, jolly Christmas this year—
They don’t like that song. I sing,
Feliz Navidad, thinking they may
have escaped from Cuba.
Away in a Manger, no crib for a bed,
and I find I have changed
the words in the third verse,
which now comes out—
close by me forever and love me I pray.
Bless all the dear creatures in thy tender careand keep them safe always
on earth, sea and air.
then others too break the surface
gliding up and down
parallel to the beach.
singing, humming, diving, walking
in this paradise of peace, this Kingdom of God where a baby, born among the animals, brings the Good News to us all
Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson
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