Every Child Might Redeem Your Soul

January 2, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is epiphanies, in honor of the Christian holiday of Epiphany, which falls on January 6.

In Christianity, Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day, celebrates the coming of the Magi to see the infant Christ in Bethlehem. But the word epiphany refers to any sudden insight or realization. This week’s poems will relate to epiphany in both of its meanings.

Today’s poem is a poem about the epiphany that comes with every child.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Every child might redeem your soul,

Put your sins to right, unclasp your heart,

Invade your fantasies and make them whole,

Prepare you to perform your destined part.

Here is your Bethlehem, where from afar,

Alight with faith and love you’ve made your way.

Nor would you be a king but for that star

You knew would lead to where your purpose lay.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/everyc.html. For more poems about epiphany, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/epiphanypoems.html.

This week’s theme: Epiphanies

January 2: Every Child Might Redeem Your Soul