On Our Becoming

On Our Becoming

We were never asked to be released

From a place we were nurtured 

We were at rest and perfect peace

All so fair, nothing can be severed

Where at rest, our beauty, at its best

Though we never knew, it was all good 

So good to be free from all that would test

We were known by our form, as we should 

Then we were called from how we became 

Our coming to time, to a place, to live, to give

Given this one chance, even given a name

Hands attempted to hold us, we do forgive

We come into this form, this body 

A shadow of what it was when we became

Though no two alike, we're all together lovely

Though naked we came, still no shame

Will our coming forth be applauded, 

Embraced by a world in need of love

Such presence be noted, be lauded

All in this life will need our love

In our coming we serve, make a difference

Live a life so unique unlike any other 

A presence felt, a world feels our essence

So touched by us all left to wonder

Would that humanity so appreciate 

All that's ours as part of the whole

Not elope with love; to escape

Keep it as to have and to hold

The years of our lives are reminders

The coming that we live, sets our becoming

Our brief stay here will soon find us

With all that this life will bring

The beauty of us lies not in this vessel

This temple not made by hands, in time

But by what we're becoming at another level

A revelation only one of a kind