Paths

THE STARS
UPON A PATH
MADE BY GOD'S
GREAT "BEGIN"
MOVED TO FORM A WONDER
THAT WISE MEN FOUND ATTRACTIVE
THEY SOUGHT TO SEEK ITS MEANING
IT DROVE THEM FROM COMFORTABLE BEDS
UPON A JOURNEY
TO DISCOVER
A NEW
BEGINNING
IN THEIR WORLD
AND IN THEMSELVES
THEY WERE USED TO DEALING WITH KINGS
THEY DEALT WITH HEROD HANDILY
BUT THE CHILD KING
LEFT THEM WONDERING
AS THEY HELD THE CENTER ON THE UNIVERSE
AND HOPED HE WOULD NOT CRY
THOUGH SOMEHOW THEY KNEW
THAT HIS VOICE
WOULD NOT BE
A VOICE SHOUTING IN THE DESERT
BUT RATHER LIKE A RUSTLE OF LEAVES
OR SAND SIFTING DOWN A DUNE
CALLING MEN BACK TO THE BEGINNING
ALONG PATHS OF RETURN
LAID DOWN LONG AGO
WHEN GOD SAID
"BEGIN"