Christmas in a Minor Key

The minor key

the world came crashing down

we all believed

in the distractions that we found

the war we waged

from darkened shanty towns

it set the stage

for death and desolation

and in those streets

the darkness caustically

it rose to meet

our hollow pagentry

of Christmas Day

the carols from our mouths

they died away

as we saw the world for what it was

We sing

a minor key

That all is dead and dimming

I see

in effigy

This evil that’s within me

In Bethlehem

the world awaits is dawn

a diadem

to right what has gone wrong

So this is war

a new phenomenon

to right the score

Life itself has come

So stand we now, and sing a tune

come, all arise to meet it

As darkness terrible and true

is finally defeated

A turning of the tide

This baby we behold

His name is hope