Christmas....a poem.....wrote many Christmases ago?

Christmas.

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He was placed by his mother in a lowly manger

his life was fraught and filled with danger

one Father was God the other worked with wood

can you tell me which Father taught him all he understood!

Joseph was a carpenter and troubled by his dreams

awoken by angel Gabriel who silenced Josephs screams

to some he was a cuckold fool tricked by a Holy Ghost

who impregnated his young bride is not something one would boast.

Mary,Mary it's so scary..tell me how does your foetus grow

who picked the day for a virgin birth..with fields all covered in snow

Can you remember that day in December...when Bethlehem was full

when warm hearths were denied to a pregnant virgin...by people cold and cruel?

Can you recall that drafty stable where breasts first produced milk

for your Fisher-King Son,wrapped up in rags on a bed of straw not silk

Who cut the cord and set discord upon the fate of us

and who set the date and sealed his fate and gave the world Christmas?

Jesus loves me this I know because the bible told me so

does Holy Wisdom dance with him by a full moon

blind my eyes with the truth can someone show me some proof

not in a carol or some tinsel or another Charity Xmas tune.

Mary,Mary did you contemplate the hopeless condition of the human race

Mary,Mary they're saying now your son came here and left no trace

Mary,Mary did you weep as he suffered on the cross

Mary,Mary how did you cope living with the sense of loss

Mary,Mary will you see him again turning the wine into water

Mary,Mary would there be less hate if you had had a daughter?

Jesus,Jesus come to me

Jesus dress the Christmas tree

Jesus bang the turkey in the oven.

Jesus,Jesus bless this bread

Jesus can raise up the dead they said

all done by the power of his Fathers loving.

Jesus,Jesus take my breath

Jesus come to me at death

Jesus take me up to heaven.

Jesus,Jesus prove them wrong

with your love we can get along

show them now or you won't be forgiven.

People change and anyway I know the meaning.

Merry Xmas.