Did heaven hush

Just pondering at Christmas about the delivery of Jesus and how every mother waits with eagerness and anxiety for the infants first breath, that moment between complete dependence and the onset of an independent life. Did all of heaven share that moment?

On the eve of Christ’s birth

did time stand still,

did heaven hush

in that brief pause

between Mary and birth,

until the first breath.

Creation’s air filling

the lungs of its creator

the everyday miracle

now miraculous.

God’s breath with us

making the way

for God’s breath in us.

Once again

and forevermore.