I enjoy good poetry. Especially if I want to get in the right mood for a special occasion or season. I have felt very much in the Christmas mood with my mother setting up all of the decorations for the house, so I decided to write a poem. Now I'll let you all be the judge of how good it is, but hopefully it will do the job of getting us in the right mind for what this Christmas season can bring!
The Shepherd's Story
What did you see that first Christmas
day?
I saw a couple come to Bethlehem, for
taxes to pay.
What did you see that first Christmas
day?
I saw an inn, with no more room they
say.
What did you see that first Christmas
day?
I saw a lowly manger with beds of hay.
What did you see that first Christmas
night?
I saw a star, so very big and bright!
What did you see that first Christmas
night?
I saw Angels! Bidding us not to have
fright.
“For unto you is born this day,
“Christ the Lord, in a manger he
lay.”
Then proclaimed the Host, as the
prophet did pen,
“Glory to God in the highest, and
peace, good will toward men.”
What did you see that first Christmas
night?
I saw shepherds, guided by a star's
light.
What did you do that first Christmas
night?
I worshiped Jesus Christ the Lord, with
all my might.
What do you do for Christmas today?
I still seek for that babe, laying in
the hay.
