Poetry

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‘Twas The Night Before The Real Christmas
(without Jesus’ birth; there is no Christmas);(adapted from the original poem)


‘Twas the night before the real Christmas and all through the house
God’s Spirit was not stirring…His Spirit had been doused
Christmas decorations had been hung with great care
But the spiritual cupboards were quite all very bare
The children were asleep having failed to stay awake
To catch Santa eating the cookies they all had baked
They dreamed of presents…of dolls, candy, and sleds
No thoughts of Christ’s birth ever entered their heads
Mama was wrapping presents…Me putting together the sled
There was no time for Jesus…Good cheer we had to spread
Then all of a sudden I heard a sound that gave me much caution
It sounded like it was coming from outside in the garden
I ran to the window to see what on Earth had caused this fright
Peering through the blinds I could see not so clearly in moonlight
Through the falling snow sparkling bright as it fell
I saw seven figures all dressed in white as they knelt
Running to the doorway I went to get a better gaze
Upon opening the door an angel met me in my haze
He said…I bring a Heavenly chorus with a message to bring
Then the seven figures arose and their message they began to sing
So haunting yet beautiful…not from Earth was this sound to my ears
It was an angel chorus singing God’s Son would soon be here
I suddenly in my stomach began to feel very sick
I would have expected anyone but this…maybe even St. Nick
So suddenly and brilliantly did Christ suddenly come
With a star in the East shining bright red as the Sun
He called me by name and asked “why don’t you believe”
“For your eternal soul” He said “do I mournfully grieve”
“Two thousand years it has been since I came”
“I died on that cross so you could be without blame”
And then in a twinkling…I heard on the roof
An angel there saying “I’ll give you some proof”
As I turned back to Jesus…Jesus was gone
There standing instead was Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John
They were dressed all in sack cloth from their head to their foot
They were all tarnished with ashes and covered in soot
The angel then spoke saying “In mourning they fast and they pray”
He said “they also died so you could know The Way”
I flung myself down…down flat on the ground
Realizing how lost I was and needed to be found
Then I heard a voice whispering softly into my ear
Fear not my friend for just as the angel said your Savior is near
I lifted up my eyes to see Jesus standing there
With a tear in His eyes and a twinkle not found anywhere
He was dressed in white…so bright was the sight
He stretched out His right hand…I grabbed hold of the light
He looked like purity as His Holy light shined
I rose to my feet…He was so loving and so kind
As I lowered my head…I asked Him to please forgive me
He said “you were once blind, but now you can see”
With a wink of His eye and a twist of His head
Gone He was and the star that shone so red
I heard the angel say as he too faded away
Good tidings to you…spread His joy this Christmas Day
I gathered up the kids and I woke up Mama
Dusted of my bible and said forget about Santa
I read from Luke and then I read some from John
I told them of Christ’s birth and the events on the lawn
We then opened our presents…but we now to all proclaim
The greatest gift of Christmas…Jesus is His name

Vasquez Savage
vasquezsavage.com

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