A Christmas Story (Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

Bright in the veldt under a starry canopy
suddenly dazzling lights did shine
at the birth of the Savior, the Lord Jesus divine
who came to set all men free

from a world smitten with the darkest iniquity
and the child as a man did the power of love define
brought mercy to all types of sinners and to the concubine
how life is supposed to be he tried to make all men see

and to some His life seemed a great loss
where daily to help others he went
while He did pray and bless
but was nailed to a cross
while of all evil things he was totally innocent
and dying he cried for forgiveness.