Starlight Sonnetina

Wise Man, Magi, Philosopher - King;
Though each one was humbled, when heeding The Call.
So they hastened abroad, their oblations to bring
To that faraway town, with its unlikely stall.

Near the town, yet another king (killer ; distracted)
Demanded their presence (he'd heard of the Child),
Yet knew nothing of stars, or of starlight refracted,
Or the love that drew kings through the dark and the wild.

An invasion of sorts, when the border was crossed,
But their mission meant more than the laws guarding lands.
And without giving praise, saving hope might be lost,
So their caravan inched over Judean sands.

Later on, mothers cried in the streets where blood spattered,
While the three brought home news of the one king who mattered.