Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Midweek: Keeping Time or Ruling It

Welcome to Wednesday! Today, I'd like to share with you this thought from U.A. Fanthorpe, BC-AD. A single event, the birth of the prophesied King, the Savior of the world altered time as no other event could. 

BC – AD

This was the moment when Before
Turned into After, and the future’s
Uninvented timekeepers presented arms.

This was the moment when nothing
Happened. Only dull peace
Sprawled boringly over the earth.

This was the moment when even energetic Romans
Could find nothing better to do
Than counting heads in remote provinces.

And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three
Members of an obscure Persian sect

Walked haphazard by starlight straight
Into the kingdom of heaven.

U A Fanthorpe, from Christmas Poems (Enitharmon, 2002)

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