Vulnerable helpless babe of Bethlehem
Wrapped in rags incarnates in sad human mayhem
Oxen drool – malodorous dung with tetanus bacillus
Omniscient timeless, He chose lowly human campus
I serve my Father’s interest going about His business
Wise men confounded smart theologians distressed
Feeding the hungry, comfort to outcast, sinners saved
Herod raged, priest outraged, common man’s friend
I hear their cry, I feel their fear, hunger pangs I know
I once lived in a carpenter’s home in poor man’s woe
Tearful eyes saw, rich had much to spare and waste
Poor rejoice if a morsel of bread they have to taste
Childhood labour well I know in the carpentry shed
Slaving children, calloused hands bodies not well fed
Poor toiled in Galilee that rich have more than need
Man oppresses fellow man injustice in the work field
Give them sea and sand, streams, rivers and flowers
Give them homes and liberty, bright colourful hours,
Children live to laugh and dance in the rhythms of life
O Father save them from adult rifts, snipes and strife
Roman tax and religious tax common man oppressed
Carry my bag, boots, spear-soldier the child pressed
Priests had guards, Caiaphas and Pilate to kill Conspire
Exterminate common threat to their vaunted empire
Darwin, Evolution, De Vries Mutation – God or gold?
Marx, Freud, Nietsche claim death of God very bold
Dawkins deluded, Hawking theorises time wax great
Shattered families, existential illusions sorry apostate
Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar empires rise, shine and fall
Now no more iron, bamboo curtain feared Berlin Wall
Napoleon Hitler despots mark history’s scarred hall
Voice of cheer, hand of mercy above, works thru it all
Shylock in business sub prime debt rolls cash to crash
Farmers impoverished agrochemicals kill make trash
Entertainment gone foul, anaesthetised with glamour
Children, God’s precious heritage none will consider
Modern pharaohs come with drugs, and adverts
Parents snared, baby’s health by ruse abuse they subvert
Prescriber enriched – willing pawn in this dirty gamble
O God come back to heal humanity- evidence is ample
Babe to manhood I walked in humanity’s ravaged earth
In the Middle East between black and white was my birth
Touched by infirmity, I know their pain, crucified to heal
Resurrected, I come again as sovereign, injustice kneel
“Races long severed love shall unite”, foul turns to fair
Justice and peace reign, Sword will turn to plough share
Mercy and truth for atonement, righteousness kiss peace
Cross gives jurisdiction, wars to cease and love increase
