Caroling

Do you see what I see?

Do the many strings of lights

And the glitzy party nights

Blind your eyes to other sights –

Sadness, hunger, human plight –

That the star that Christmas night

Came to shine away.

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Do you hear what I hear?

Does your ringing Christmas song

Sound out loudly, sound out strong,

And mask the cries of those who long

To join the singing and belong –

Is this the song the angels sang?

No room at the Inn.

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Do you know what I know?

Bring your gifts to those who need

Fill your heart with love, not greed

Plant the tiny, precious seed

Of brotherhood in word and deed

Dispel the darkness of the night

And warm the world with Christmas Light.

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©Pamela Stead Jones 2010