You swaddled me
in white robed arms,
rescued me
from my dark terror.
I carried pain,
but you carried me
away
and up,
up into the light,
until I burst
into a thousand
splintered rays
of joy.
——
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Isaiah 46:4
From Heaven at my Door by Juanita Ryan