Parent and Child

Parent and Child

Scraps of bark, light and dark,
in simple silhouettes on plain paper --
A woman form in long simple dress,
A boy child form jumping up to catch her hands --
"Haiti" penned in the lower corner --
No other words, but the message is clear --

"Mother and Child"

--from among the poorest folk in our hemisphere,
may have been born in a hut,
or maybe even a stable, who knows?

--but light and joy and even hope shine between them
and we catch it radiating outward on us,
from that most profound bonding that God created,

--symbol of the bond between Creator and Christ,
offered to us as Children of God...

In our heedlessness, our drivenness,
will we see it, accept it?
Willit bring hope to our broken world, too,
and peace?

Come, Holy Child,
into our hearts,
into our world...

Come...

-- Rachel Scott