Light Everlasting

Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash

A Poem by Gail Davidson

A tingling fragrance

sweeps the skies

cedar-sweet, 

these incense tides

In haste, in mirth, in race to earth,

angels outpace

the night wind,

shooting stars,

and their own

joyous

G l o r i a

i  n   E  x  c  e  l  s  i  s

They cannot resist

a celestial kiss,

a glimpse,

a peek,

a witness to

the long-awaited nativity - 

Gesu bambino,

most rare and precious gift

A covenantal promise

of Immanuel strength,

magnificent,

without decay

He sleeps hushed in harmony before the dawn;

His glory be 

that starlight symphony,

that tender mew of 

newborn yawn

Eternity,

unwrap this exalted sight,

lay all hopes in the lustrous host of might

and uplift our weary souls 

tonight,

for darkness is hoodwinked,

the die has been cast 

Hail the Incarnate Word

future, present, and past,

as we awaken

now,

for night

will not last

Gail Davidson lives with her family on a country road in the Blue Ridge Mountains of central

Virginia. A secondary English teacher-turned-stay-at-home mother, she is currently working on a

poetry collection for 2025. She hopes to craft with her hands, a book, and through her words, hope

and light.