Into the Darkest Hour


It was a time like this,
War & tumult of war,
a horror in the air.
Hungry yawned the abyss-
and yet there came the star
and the child most wonderfully there.

It was time like this
of fear & lust for power,
license & greed and blight-
and yet the Prince of bliss
came into the darkest hour
in quiet & silent light.

And in a time like this
how celebrate his birth
when all things fall apart?
Ah! Wonderful it is
with no room on the earth
the stable is our heart.

By Madeleine L’Engle


One response to “Into the Darkest Hour”

  1. Wow Marcie, this poem is so timely. Madeliene L’Engle was amazing. Thank you for sharing this.

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