It’s getting colder
With each passing day
And drier
As dusty wind whirls
Parks are filled
With swarms of travellers
Clustered like honey bees
Around a hive
From street to street
Animals queue for slaughter
To fill hungry pots
Starved from meat
For eleven months
At the market
Prices skyrocket
Suffering and smiling
Man must still wack
Everyone’s busy
To wear a beautiful look
For twenty-fifth
As my phone beeped
A crossover gig came calling
To unravel a puzzle
About the reason for the season
With an ink thirsty pen
And a hungry paper
Scribbling went thus
Many years ago
According to the Holy Bible
Confusion and chaos
Filled the earth
Darkness like a canopy
Shielded everything
As the Spirit of God hovered
Over the face of the earth
To give life
A meaningful meaning
Chronologically
Light
Firmament
Dry land, seas, plants and trees
Sun, moon and stars
Birds and creatures in the sea
Land animals and human
Were created by God
But for man
He had dominion over all
Except for the tree of knowledge
Located mid garden
At the cool of each day
Man communed with God
In sweet koinonia
To the envy of Satan
Who had lost favour with God
On and on
A plan was hatched
To scatter God’s plan
And lead man to hell
Through a serpent
Eve was deceived
To entice man
And disobey God
On went the curse
Of toiling to eat
Labouring for childbirth
And belly crawling for the serpent
In all these
God still had a plan
For the seed of the woman
To bruise the serpent’s head
At the redemption assembly
Heaven was silent
As no one was qualified
To open the book of redemption
Nevertheless
Jesus prevailed
When he humbled himself
To redeem man
As foretold
By holy prophets of God
While the promise tarried
Blood of bulls and goats
Atoned temporarily
For man’s sin and guilt
Abraham was called
To an unknown land
Yet he obeyed
And became a friend of God
Though without seed
At old age
He believed God
And birthed Isaac
Jacob and Esau
United at birth
But for a spoon of pottage
Dis-united for birthright
On came Joseph
A son of old age
Kit with a coat of many colours
But envied by his brethren
Who sold him off to Egypt
To become a slave
At Potiphar’s house
God was with him
In all he did
And made him prosperous
To the amazement of his masters
Though lured to sin
He remained resolute
Till prison came calling
For an uncommitted offence
With hard grindings and toilings
He laboured with prisoners
Dream after dream
Interpretations were accurate
Pharaoh sent and loosed him
With Gods wisdom
He preserved humanity
And his starving family
From death
As the promise drew near
Gabriel was sent to Mary
A virgin
Espoused to Joseph
Bethlehem was full
With only a manger to spare
As angels sang gloriously
A star was on ground
To worship the newborn king
Sent from heaven
To save humanity
From her sins
As we celebrate
Stay away from sin
Remember the poor and needy
Extend the love of Christ
And believe in Jesus for salvation
Coz
Jesus is the reason
For the season.
