The Mystic’s Christmas
"The Mystic's Christmas" is a short poem in which a silent elder monk sits apart while his brothers celebrate Christmas with bells, lights, and song. Puzzled by his stillness, they urge him to rejoice — and he answers with quiet conviction, explaining that he has moved beyond outward ritual into a state of inward grace, where he hears the angels' song within himself and feels Christ's birth renewed each morning. The poem holds a gentle tension between communal worship and contemplative solitude.
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