An Eastern staple
A starlit night
When God’s eternal light shone
In the darkness of a cheerless world
A divine child
Born in human form
Like all the others
As though he were the others.
Reared in poverty
Lived in humility
Died in ignominy
Rose in victory
God’s only Son
With humankind one
Sharing an abundant life with all the others
As though he were the others.
In a world past caring
Sin stained
Power ridden
Poverty stricken.
Christ’s coming means sharing
God’s redeeming grace
Revealed in an infant’s face with all the others
As though he were the others.
A Christmas congregation
Sings in expectation
“Peace on earth and mercy mild”
When and where?
In a broken home in Katutura?
In a strife-scarred Tseiblaagte?
In an impoverished
Area 7?
Only when we do to others
As though we were the others.
A new year has dawned
A new thinking dominates
Pledges for betterment
To do for others
As though we were the others.