Nativity

There are no Magi to adore them now,

the women giving birth 

in ramshackle sheds

or freezing tents

or in the rubble

and cold

and dirt

of what’s left.

There are no Magi to bring gifts,

no shepherds to bring succour

to the women giving birth 

in ramshackle sheds

or freezing tents

or in the rubble

and cold

and dirt

of what’s left.

Maybe artists will paint the scene

but I doubt it.

None are needed

when we can already see,

when we already know

and then we don’t see

anymore.

https://edgeofhumanity.com/2024/12/14/nativity/