The Post Christmas Sonnet

Prayer of the Doubtful Magus

   Dear God, the night has passed, the day begun

 I wake to face the horror of the dawn--

The cold, blue sky and brazen, blazing sun

Obscure my view--the guiding star is gone.

    Last night the star was bright, the vision clear,

The pathway clear that I had sought yearlong--

I knew my god and Bethlehem were near--

So near at last--dear God, my faith was strong.

   But now my hope is gone; I cannot find my way

I feel a fool, as old men often are--

The dreams of night have been subsumed by day

And I--bereft, alone--I doubt the star....

     O God, dear God, I pray you yet again--

      Please, God, please let there be a God...amen 

 

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