Isn't It Strange?

 Isn't it strange 

That people of all nations

Spread all over the world 

Lose themselves in celebrations 

For the birth 

Of a child in a remote

Corner of the earth!

For the birth of a child 

Homeless, humble and unknown 

Born in a stable, among animals mild

Royal lined yet poor wearing no crown 

Isn't it strange  joy 

For an infant so insignificant 

And all the songs they employ !

Strange how the news spread

On earth far and wide

This side of the ocean

And that wild foreign side

The chid never walked  across 

The boundaries of his little country 

And died on an infamous cross!

Isn't it strange?

Xavier Bage

Friday, December 30, 2022