Heartbeat

You conceived the idea of me as I am now

Knitting me then in my mother's womb

Day by day I grew

Into Your image and likeness

Though I was not conscious that I had

the seal of Your eternal love on my heart.

You breathed into my lungs

Gave me new life in eternity

I saw you; I knew you and loved you

You were my playmate, my BFF,

In communion, we spent days

Dedicated to laughter and delight.

 

 

But I grew up, walked away and forgot

Believed in sexy credos and magic mantras

That tasted ultimately of ashes

I was starving, miserable and lost

Until I limped home, diminished,

Inside my father's house I came alive again

Feasting on Living Water and the Lamb.

I had to relearn how to count the ways

I love you; with freedom

Dance to your heartbeat,

Make music to lift weary souls

I'm still broken and wounded but I can

Make your heart beat faster

With pride and joy. What joy!