The story begins
with a girl,
fecund, mid-teens,
belly beginning to
swell.
It will get much
larger,
as, within her womb,
the miracle of life
claims its space.
An unlikely sign,
vulnerable,
yet outrageously
defiant;
a sign to engender
hope,
to confront earth's
bondage
and futility.
A peasant girl,
pregnant with
purpose and possibility;
the lowly are to be
elevated to positions of significance
while kings,
emperors, princesses
and other persons of
power and plenty
will be asked to
descend from their lofty seats
to begin their
acquaintance with earth's dust.
The girl could be
anyone;
any place on the
planet,
any point in its
history.
She is caught up in
this common human tale;
the wonder,
the waiting,
the struggle,
the pain
and the joy.
A sign for eternity.
©
Ken Rookes 2015
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