A mother leaves...
Feeling abandoned,
a child grieves -
a buried anger,
an insatiable inner hunger for love...
God's encompassing embrace,
loving whispers of reassurance, peace;
"Alone? Forgotten? Never!
Beloved child, you are mine
branded on me -
Forever!"
Can a woman forget the infant at her breast,
walk away from the baby she bore?
But even if mothers forget,
I'd never forget you - never!
See, I've branded you on the palm of my hand."
Isaiah 49:13-15
