Seán Walsh: Wise Men or Fools?
Wise men – or fools?!
I would see for myself – and about time, too!
There, standing at the entrance, all quiet within.
Family… Indeed, you might say, a holy family –
the new-born demanding attention of a sudden!
I turned to return to innkeeping –
and there they were, quietly… men
from the East who had followed a star
that had stopped over a stable.
I stepped aside as they entered:
Such finery… precious gifts.
‘Stunned as they knelt in straw and dirt,
bowing low, foreheads touching the stable floor…
And this in adoration of an infant!??!
Seán Walsh 2024