Noel - by Thomas Carlisle

Noel

No quiet child
whose cradle gently sways
promising peaceful dreams
for all who love him.

He rocks the stable
with Magnificats.

He scatters the proud.

He helps the lowly rise.

His sword cuts through
the adamants of deceit.

His cry unsettles
the victimizers
and the crucifiers
and all the extortionate
predators of his kin.

And Herod will not be
the only one to try
to stop his mouth.

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