We are the children
of the God
of the oppressed
who has pulled us
from the bowels of hell
and given us graceful gifts
enabling us to keep on
keeping on in the present
with eyes stayed
on the prize
as we sit here
under the tree
in the liberating horizon
of the rising sun
announcing a new day
coming
bringing blowing breezes
of change
carrying a Christmas heart
for all we faithful.