Scrapbook – Christmas 2023
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Where will I be born?
That day,
I was born in a manger
Amidst hay and fodder;
The night was expectantly silent,
The stars were exceptionally brilliant;
The ewes and lambs and all cattle
Forgot even to make small prattle.
Today,
Where will I be born?
Amidst the blast and swash
And whirr of a total crash?
Amidst the pathetic number rare
Of children food-ridden and bare?
Or in a world where incidentally
Everything is a virtual reality?
Dear,
Can you bid me a cosy mattress
Woven with love and peace and happiness
In your heart?
-Miriam Philip, VIII, St. Josephs GHS, Alappuzha, Kerala