A child is born
Born into a weary world
A world longing for change
A world longing for justice
A world longing for peace
A child is born
Born among people living in poverty
Existing at the whim of oppressors
Caught up in political unrest
with the rich so far removed
from those forced to queue at food banks
And decision makers out of touch with the realities
of those who have to choose between warmth in their homes
or food for their children
A child is born
Born into an economy
in which life is cheap
And revenue from the arms trade
is valued more highly than life itself
While nations that prosper from the machinations of war
turn away the refugees who find a way out
of the carnage they cannot survive
A child is born
and in that vulnerable flesh
lies hope for all the children of the world
2000 years ago - and today
A child is born
Come, Lord Jesus, come.
(Liz Crumlish)
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