On Christmas Poem by Gert Strydom

the shepherds did see
that night a strange star in the sky
where they tended their flocks roaming free
and flashing bright like lightning on the eye
an angel appeared in great glory
and afraid to die

they met the messenger from God

who brought good news to all mankind
and all men where brothers even the stranger
when the angel told them to find
a baby wrapped in clothes in a manger

who is Jesus Christ the saviour

and a multitude of angels did appear
while the song resounded on the ear:
"glory to God in the highest and on earth
peace to men on whom his favour does rest"
and the shepherds had great cheer at the birth
of the child who did love without self-interest

and round and round their flock did trot

where they had left them without care
to find the son of God and of man
in a stable round pots of earthenware
and so the world's redemption began
while their great news they did share


and the world was different from before.