1991
Child of the Night
December 1991


“Child of the Night,” New Era, Dec. 1991, 23

Child of the Night

Child

Of the night and hushed

Majesties of light.

Cool evening breeze

And single cry,

A mother’s tender arms

And eyes …

Unspoken grace adorns

Crude stable hay and

Humble cloth.

A King is born

In quiet manger

Without pretense

Or display …

No jeweled crown

Nor fame is found

Except,

In lighted sky

And whisper

Of a father’s tender

Murmur of His name,

“Jesus.”

The morning breaks

In quiet sigh and fame;

A dark and sleeping

World awakes

To never be

The same.

(December 1981, p. 51.)