The Gift
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A Poor Orphan Girl
Named Maria
Was Walking
to Market One Day
She Stopped For
To Rest By
The Road Side
Where A Bird
With A Broken
Wing Lay
A Few Moments Passed
Till She Saw It
For It’s Feathers
Were Covered With Sand
And Soon Clean
And Wrapped
It Was Traveling
In The Warmth Of
Maria’s Small Hand

She Happily
Gave Her Last Peso
On A Cage Made Of
Rushes And Twine
She Fed It Loose Corn
From The Market
And Watched It Grow
Stronger With Time

Now The Gift Giving
Service Was Coming
And The Church Hung
With Tinsel And Light
And All Of The Town Folk
Brought Presents
To Lay By
The Manger That Night

There Were Diamonds
And Incense
And Perfumes
And Packages
Fit For A King
But For One Ragged Bird
In A Small Cage
Maria Had Nothing
To Bring

She Waited
Till Just Before Midnight
So No One
Would See Her Go In
And Crying
She Knelt By The Manger
For Her Gift
Was Unworthy Of Him

Then A Voice
Spoke To Her
Through The Darkness
Maria
What Brings You To ME
If The Bird In The Cage
Is Your Offering
Open The Door
Let ME See
Though She Trembled
She Did As
HE Asked Her
And Out Of The Cage
The Bird Flew
Soaring Up
Into The Rafters
On A Wing That Had
Healed Good as New

And Just Then
The Midnight Bells
Rang Out
And The Little Bird
Started To Sing
A Song That
No Words Could
Recapture
For Its Beauty
Was Fit For A King

Now Maria Felt Blessed
Just To Listen
To The Cascade Of Notes
Sweet And Long
As Her Offering
Was Lifted To Heaven
By The Very First
Nightingale’s Song

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