We Three Kings

The star we are following is slowing down
 
Over a flock of sea-birds that shriek like they’re having sex
 
There’s an old barn circled by muddy animals – they seem to expect us
 
We follow the quiet beasts into the straw and warm smells
 
A weary young couple is staring into a feeding box that glows
 
Is there a child in this gray wood cradle?  We peer over the edge
 
And behold!  We are deep in the sky and there is the Earth 
 
In her majestic slow motion, blue and white and beautiful,
 
The spinning wet rock is flowing with newborns
 
In waves and wind are living beings rising, laughing, amazed to have wings
 
Running like cheetahs and somersaulting like dolphins and….  And…. 
 
We sink to our knees in wonder before the miracle of this world
 
How does this happen? This burst of life that we have seen 
 
Life is leading us to more and more life and that is all… 
 
We come bearing gifts. Is there a new king to give our money and jewels?
 
The young couple and the animals – they gaze at us with the same thoughtful eyes
 
All the eyes in the barn and on the hillsides reflect the one shining thought
 
This Earth, this Earth… She gives us everything we have
 
We will give her everything we have