I know you were brought into
This world
Sooner than
We thought

But you were brought
Into this World
Like a Storm
Of Grace
Half the Weight
Of an Average
New-Born Baby
With Twice the Strength

And you were brought in
By the nature of Grace
Grace is mysterious
As Anne Lamott
Has once said:

"I do not understand the
mystery of Grace
Only that she meets us
where we are at.
And does not leave us
Where she found us"

So that is exactly what you
Have done to us
You have met us on Earth
Right where we were at
And now
We are in a place
That you did not initially find us
For it is because of you
We are now in a better place
Painful although it may be
It is for your existence
That our Earth and our Worlds
Are now brighter

You might be asking why?
Your parents might fall asleep
At night
Wondering why
You were brought into
The world
This way
But even though
It wasn't what we expected
Superheroes
Aren't brought into this World
Like the Average babies are
Its not that the other babies
Aren't just as special
Its just that God
Sometimes looks down
Upon us
And decides we need heroes
And heroes grow
From hard, but beautiful, pretty places

In your Mother's Womb
And your Father's Heart
Grace
Found the home
To Grow a Superhero

So why did you leave her womb
So early?
You might wonder
Well the truth is
You left just when
You were meant to
We just didn't know it yet
We needed you sooner
Than you realized

And so you might be wondering
Why you are in a glass box
But inside that glass box
Is so much more than just space
Yes, there is space
But circling you
Are powerful forces

Inside your glass box
Strength Lies
Like a cloud around
Is Your Father's heart
So big
From enduring
Loss  
And living that loss with love
All at once
His strength
Allowing him to hold
And suspend
Both powers at once
His loss did not become lighter to hold
He got stronger from holding it
And now he is becoming stronger
Holding your presence

And your Mother
Well in her Womb
Grace found
Love intertwined
With Patience and Beauty
The kind of Beauty
Beauty that can pierce someone's soul
Because it is the rare kind - both inner and outer
And a storm of a Woman's Strength
That so many women
Do not have
And may never have
Her confidence is quiet and fierce

And from her heart
Grows Roses from
Stems dotted with
Thorns
Roses of Love and Beauty
And Thorns of Protection

You see
This made it inevitable
That you would
Not be your average human
You couldn't have been
The world needed you

And inside your glass box
We look in
And see Glass, like truth
We see your Mother's Grace
And your Father's Strength
And then Space
Space for you to Grow

No, this is not easy
Your Mother and Father
Must lie awake at night
With questions
They don't even bother asking yet
Because the doctor's
Will say
Well first
We must learn and see this
Before we can ask and see about that

But you are lying inside a space
Of Love
From Family extended
Like tree branches
All around you
The World was waiting for you

And Superheroes like you
Are born not from simplicity
But adversity

How difficult it must be
We are suspended
In prayer
Unable to predict the future
But none of us can predict
The future for any of us
What we have is the Presence
And right now
Your Presence
Has changed our World
You are a Superhero
You powers
Upon your birth
Came out
Touching us
Like waves and shocks
All at once
Our prayers remain with you
And your strength and presence
Are the gift
You are
You couldn't have been born ordinary
You are extraordinary
And that, with you love
And ours
Is your Presence
It is your gift and ours
To share

The beauty and gift
Of your birth
Is that we not need
Wait even a second
To feel the power
Of your existence
And how you
Have changed our world
That's why we call
Your existence*
Presence

~JLH