Strolling by
all the glitter and sparkle
streets, trees, houses
festively illuminated
shop windows, showrooms
exuberant jewels
splendid magnificence
I suddenly realize what I must have
nothing else will do
I must look
to the world beyond
the other world, the world hereafter
“he who seeks so shall he find”
so it is written
and see! It unfolds
the knowledge of Gods light
holy heavenly light
“he who seeks so shall he find”
so it is written
and look! I kneel with the shepherds
kings, angels and searchers
from all time and place
here by the child
that child who carries within him
the name of all names
Emmanuel
God be with us –
Oeke Kruythof
Jenny Narraway translation/transcreation