AS A CHILD COUNTS STARS

You save my life up for me
as a child counts stars or
catches fireflies.
You help shape it while it opens tentative,
toward more life.

Should it try to close
you cup its sliver small openings
under sunlight,
leave fresh air around it
and breathe me to rediscovery.

Fierce and gentle,
You save my life
as a child counts stars
or catches fireflies.

You save my life,
save it for living.

Grace Comes Near
 
Grace comes near
invisible through sunlight and darkness.
Lives in each breath through all longing and joy;
allowing your prayers whether whispered or voiced.