While I Slept

While I slept, the world changed.

Silently the flakes fell,

Covering ground and trees,

Creating an enchanted wonderland.

But…

While I slept, the world changed.

Somewhere a parent died.

A child’s cry went unanswered,

Creating a painful void.

While I slept, the world changed.

Troops lined up for battle,

Poised to strike at daybreak,

Creating a hellish conflagration.

While I slept, the world changed.

A spark easily extinguished smoldered.

Unnoticed it erupted and spread,

Creating a charred and desolate landscape.

While I slept, the world changed.

Ethics and morals slipped away.

The foundations of society shook,

Creating a world with no absolutes.

And yet..

While I slept, the world changed.

A child was born to be a Savior,

And with Him came the promise that I

And the world can be created anew.