An angel of the Lord appeared to [Joseph] in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:20b-21)
Joseph
text: Michael Dennis Brown
music: Timothy Takach
a starry sky is in my arms
I hear my breathing--now not only mine
each dawn is different now that you are here
sometimes I stare at you, sometimes I tremble
I stand above you, my head a moon
and you down there on the sweet straw
each dawn is different now that you are here
I hear my breathing, now not only mine
all my dreams for you, wondering
who you might be, how far you may have come
to be with us
each dawn is different now that you are here
sometimes I feel among waves too steep,
my boat too small
for these wide hands to have made
when I’ve been working, when the sun is low,
I sink into the stream and lie there, pale as stone
and still this burning that I feel
so deep inside me
how are you mine, child?
how are you ever mine?
I am like a father
I am like a father
so let the old Joseph die, the new be born
hold high this lantern for the world to see--
this child, this light, this saving one
a starry sky within my arms (O heart)
each dawn is different now that you are here
- Michael Dennis Browne
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