when words in the beginning weaved worlds

and white swans winged their ways down waters calm,

when a song went out from earth’s farthest four corners

gathering glad melodies from all the wild things

       You were there, O Lord, shaping and sharing life,

       singing with gusto and joy without end

when Mary’s womb held the Word within

waiting for the winsome God to be world-born,

when whinnying and cooing creatures were eye-witnesses

to the One-With-Us, wrapped wet in cloth well-worn

       You were there, O Lord, shaping and sharing life,

       singing with gusto and joy without end

when wedding bells and white gowns whirl with a flurry

and a day like no other day washes love across one’s life

when words enwrap ones to be wed in vows grand and majestic

and a marriage is born before friends, fresh as a daisy,  

       You are here, O Lord, shaping and sharing life,

       singing with gusto and joy without end

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