When I took my first breath

Coming out of my mother’s womb

Gasping and crying

You were there for me.

When there was so much going on

All around me as I grew up

Controlling me; rejecting me

You were there for me.

When there was no dear one

No not even in my own family

When there was a sense of overwhelm

You were there for me.

Through the vicissitudes of life

Through the dilemmas

Through the highs and the lows

You were always there for me.

You are magnificent and steadfast

You are all knowing and all loving

Give me the strength and the wisdom

So I know you are always there for me.

In the darkest hour your light

shone through the Cross

As hope dwindled

I came through the other side!

You speak through that sudden darkness;

Your eternal truth manifests –

Your loving hand guides and directs us

And we know that you are still there for all of us.

©Christine Chhanda Mukherjee, October 2021 – Not to be copied by any third party without permission