Unto Us

by Kate Skinner

Amidst the fierce fitfulness of humanity,
Caged in collapse, calamity and depravity,
Unto us a baby is born.

As misconceptions bred perceived reality,
And pride seeped in the wandering of the worldly,
Yet unto us a baby is born.

Trumpets sounding the revelation of a kingship,
Amongst the invasion of an aphotic kinship
Still unto us a child is born.

How the cosmos sighed and stars aligned,
Caught in the tension of future and past,
See unto us a Messiah has come.

Here as in Heaven and Crown proclaimed,
As victory came and victory reigned,
For unto us a Messiah has won.

— — — Kingdom announced
— — — — — — — — — — — Kingdom came
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —Kingdom fulfilled

Through the self giving, radically forgiving, and co-suffering love
Unto us a Kingdom was, and is, and is to come.

Seek ye the Kingdom.