“Completion” – A Parent’s Prayer of Grateful Love
This prayer poem helps us express our wonder at the deep feelings of love and connection God creates in our hearts with our children, a love that we really never comprehended until becoming a parent. This was written by Tracy Groover when her son Joey was less than a year old as she meditated on the great mystery of how we never knew our hearts needed completing until God gave us the gift of a parent’s unending love for our child.
~ Completion ~
I look at you in total amazement
attempting to fathom you are part of me
so humbled by this miracle
only God could have made this masterpiece
I see my own fulfillment
in your eyes, so true,
realizing this life of mine
extends on through you
I hold you in my arms
completely secure and safe-
finding pure joy in a simple grin
laughter at a silly face.
you take my hand-
in that instant, serene,
I feel the bond I never understood-
the love that radiates between…
you awake in the darkness
I am there to calm the fright
I stay to watch you sleep
and lose track of another night…
I never before could comprehend
a love so unconditional and true-
my heart exists outside of me…
carried on in you…
Copyright Tracy Groover 2007. All rights reserved.
