The Queen of Heaven (song )

The Queen of Heaven is not arrayed
Nor robed for Heav'n's delight
But lies she wrapped in meaner cloth
Illum'd by stable's light

Her bower is not with riches strewn
Nor crown upon her head
But she is queen of heav'n this night
Her court by angels led

No handmaid waits upon her hour
A stable is her hall
And keeping watch throughout her trial
The creatures of the stall

In silence waits the aching world
For it's Redeemer's cry
Her pain brings forth God's only son
His birthstar lights the sky

The future dimmed so none may see
The sacrifice ahead
For now her child in innocence
laid in a manger'd bed

She brings a King into the world
And Kings before him bow
And in our turn we homage pay
Her child, our savior now

Anniversary

An anniversary
like a sign along the highway
measured mile marker
keeping track of how far you have come
how long you have traveled from some memory
But it's just a day
like the many before and the many to follow
One day that was once only a day
Now a remembering
that can pierce the armor of a life hardened heart
as if it were some gossamer thing
and waits patiently for the orbit to pass around the sun
and back again
364 in order, but this one stands out
makes its mark
repeats