Yet once was born
a Babe
whose life
has left a mark
no desert sand-storms
can erase.
As one bound not
by time and place
yet came he bound
to Bethlehem.
As one in whom
was life and love
he lived and died
amid life's hate.
Yet here no lingering
memory
from the past
to move the now.
He is alive!
His coming was
God's indelible mark
in Time.
He is Time's Lord.
He comes to meet us
now!