"Peace
on Earth!"
The
angels sang it
Christ
taught it
The
preachers preached it
The
common people cried for it
The
lawmakers tried for it
The
choir sang it
The
Christmas cards said it
The
national leaders promised it
"Peace
on Earth!"
But
the echoes faded and flew
Into
the vastness of space
Leaving
not a single trace
And
there was a Voice
Like
the sound of great rushing waters
And
the voice said
"Let
there be peace!"
And
there was peace
And
God saw it
That
it was good
And
the evening and the morning
Were
the last day
* * *
In kind of an ironic way, this old poem seems very timely right now, what with all the wars and all the evangelicals anticipating the Rapture any day now...
Well, anyway... These are pictures from one of the best Christmases I ever had.
Location - my grandparents' house in Watervliet, Michigan, 1967.
Cast of characters - Lester and Cleffie Burford (my grandparents), Annie Hicks (Cleffie's mother), Morris, Bob, and Ron Burford (my uncles), Wathada (my mother) and Red (my dad), Maxine (Ron's wife), Jackie (Bob's wife), Mark and Lori (Bob and Jackie's children), Rick and John (my brothers) and me.
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