Poem: Again

Again
by CAC Adoption Advocate & Birth Mother Lori Dortch

Majestic morning of dew covered gloss
I see you shimmer and glow
Hosting birds in hairnets
And setting squirrels in bow
Sensing the day you reach your hands
On these beginnings anew
Lime green grass strands
Bursting buds by the few
Preheating earth with your face
Preparing clustered boxes of chatter
Metal snakes that slither on paths
And all kinds of lively matter
All the while you patiently wait
To gently hang and drastically drop
Your control is ever-apparent
Undulating all the clocks
Your motion sets our schedules
Security blanket arrives
Sufficiency is felt
As you’re blessing all our lives
Fresh you strive to make
Resetting the button of a soul
Sorrow, shame, love and joy
Rely on your open-ended goal
So as we set and move and play
Running under your feet
Stamp us with your unwavering love

The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it. Psalm 65:8-9 (NIV)