Coming

slipping on a rock

the hoof falters, load shifts

trinity moves on

Newness

urgency of snow

at night to cover the world

before day soil comes

Nonchalance

tired donkey dawdles

eminence beyond knowing

bearing hope's burden 

Reality Show

Madonna and child

rest on the pristine mantel

pungent dung denied

Coming

unexpected knock

guests intrude, uninvited

Bethlehem ballad

They Came

camels trudge the sand

shifting the grains of time's glass

images in relief