No Paradox Poem by Paul Hicks

A scintilla of light pricks the darkness
And a speck of red appears:
The holly bears a berry…

The laser ray spears night
Unnoticed by all
But the wise few…

As a shepherd knows his lamb
Which sees the sparrow’s fall
Princes must watch their backs…

It’s not politically correct
To humanize a stable:
Love never conforms…

While men and women stray
A small child steals the day
Confounding law and order…

Albeit light and dark
And birth and death
Appear in contradiction…

Yet in the flesh
No Christmas means no Easter -
That is, no life at all.