Before I formed you in the womb I knew you...
Jeremiah 1:5
You have begun your incarnation here.
You are being beautifully made
from the splendorous dust,
the silence
of your mother's womb,
the abundant allowances of love.
You are on your way
and already
we welcome you:
the earth and its fullness,
noisy with heaven,
our disheveled love.
We hold you now in our hearts' light-
haven from all dark
onslaughts through time.
For our days here are like the grassy fields,
a brief flowering
the wind passes over,
and the place we are
will know us no more
except by love,
the long song we enter into,
the gracious song
God is singing us through.