My Proposal

Tom Medlar

Always one with the Divine dispatch

Never a thought for himself

Always a swift and selfless messenger

Never a pause to ponder his view

Now God asking to become a person

Never had this happened before

Great Gabriel approaching

This person

This question

This transition

God asking if this Mary might become His mother

Always he’d flown on the wings of the Lord

Never had he felt like a human, hesitant to be seen

Do not be afraid, Gabriel, for you have been chosen for this role

This is my proposal to her

Announce what I say to you

Gabriel turned and looked longer at Mary

He saw all that was pending

All heaven gasped

I love God who wisely arranges all things

I love this Mary, so different from all other persons

I love Him who wants to be her son

Gabriel brightly and silently came before Mary.