Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Therefore the Lord Himself Shall Give You a Sign

On sylvan hills our gilded age
dies out in favor of the 1950s:
two-tone tress all white and
black as though the seasons
caught the modern spirit by
thine advent here—Our Lord
delivered on suburban lawn.
The Word became plastic and
made His dwelling among us.

But come, o come, Emmanuel—
to stable or suburban lawn, or
to the tune of trumpets blaring
through the rolled-back clouds.
Your nature's laws could not prevent
your coming, yet o come again,
Emmanuel, and ransom captive
sylvan hills, suburban lawn and Israel.