Poetry # 3 Serenade to Baby Jesus

SERENADE TO BABY JESUSFrom heaven to us, you came,abandoning your eternal kingdomand became a sacrificial lambto pay our hefty ransom. Chill and biting frostyou endured in human experience,for love is firstin a show of enduring patience. John the Baptist, the voice,manifested your earthly presence:He is our best choice,of his preaching was this essence. The good news dispelled fears. To the shepherds, an angel said:The glory of the Lord shone amid tears,as in Isaiah is read. Joy in the world to all;today Christ the Lord is born. He will save you from the fall,God, in the garden, had sworn.