It all ends,
you know.
Any sun-scarred sailor,
bedouin or darkened eye will tell you,
it all ends in the light.
It all ends.
All of it.
Every blood-soaked soldier,
shepherd or enslaved body will tell you,
it all ends when a child is born,
when
a son is given
and his names multiply
like the peace
of his kingdom.
David Tensen
from Advent reading Dec 2nd
Isaiah 9:1-7