ADVENT WORDS

ADVENT WORDS do not flop over and die.
The watch.
They wait.
They wake. 
They warn
Of disaster, destruction, and doom,
Of glory, and guilt, and goodness, and
Gloom.
They tell us
"Reflect and repent;"
"Rejoice and renew:"
These are the words I pass on to you.

                                                            The Tree of Jesse