HERE I AM

Here I am,

Beneath your heart,

Serene.

My heart beating in happy harmony,

As my frame perceives

Your heart,

Gentlely throbbing within your breast.

I began in secret and in darkness,

A mystery, even to myself.

Day by day, nature shapes my clay,

As you await the blessed dawn of my day.

What I know, I know by existence.

I am now all trust,

Simply growing,

Simply becoming who I am.

Comfort, you give comfort.

Love, you are all I know of love.

As you wait for me, my mother,

The eyes of my soul are wide open.

I behold you, smiling upon me.

Mother of my moments,

Expectant, vigilant and waiting,

You cradle me.

You are my home of sweet delight.

Joann Nelander

Make me as a flower in sun and rain.
May I, as by nature, turn to follow You
In Your course throughout my life.

Let Your holy, healing waters
Penetrate my being
As roots, planted securely,
In Your Providential soil
Drink of Your constant streams.

As it is Your nature to water and supply,
May I by Rebirth,
Unfurl sanctity as my gowns
To Solomon’s delight.

Joann Nelander