Once Hidden

Once hidden                   9/18/2015

Far away from here

I was formed in the dark

Tethered to my mother

And floating in space.

Secluded and protected

Hidden and warm

Conceived in a rhythm

Incubated, and fed.

Alone and yet together

We are a miracle

And a mystery

Fully known and understood

By God and God alone.

When I didn’t know

I knew in my heart

Growing in a cocoon

And insulated from chaos.

Even then you knew me

And even then you saw

The future stretched out on a line

The beginning, the middle

And the end.

In that moment

All was possible

And all was good

Before I had ever tired

And failed. 

But, the impurities were there

Woven into to our DNA

Long since stained

And corrupted.

Looking backwards I see

But looking forwards I am blind

Trying and striving

Against myself.   

Lurking behind

Or around a corner

Evil has come

And laughed.

But you have saved me

And you save me still

Even when I do not know

And even when I gave up.

I strive again today

But only because of you

Against all the odds of eternity

Here I am

And here are you.