FEATURED PRINTS WITH THEIR POETRY:
I've had requests for the poems that are not viewed on the website, so I thought I would feature one or two prints a month, with their verse, so you can actually read what the artwork says.
For July, I am featuring two of my top selling prints: Untattered Soul and Born for You (ordering details on website..note: Born for You is at 90% sold out status). These two prints make a perfect gift for the new baby, whether by birth or adoption, as you will see by the images and poetry. Also, they can be personalized with the child's name, birth date and vital statistics...this makes it so precious and a keepsake that can be handed down to the child someday!
Another thing...these prints appear to be on gray backgrounds in this blog, but they are actually on bright white paper.
"Untattered Soul"
"Born for You"
Born for You
There I was
Curled up so tightly
Like a timid snail
Scared to venture out of my shell
Or a trembling question mark
Waiting for an answer
To that all consuming question
That may never come
Cramped and craving
Searching for revelation
Some penetrating pinprick of light
To illuminate and enlighten
My world of suffocating darkness
The walls were closing in
And I cried out for escape
I couldn't stand it another minute...
Then, like a miracle
You were there!
Smiling in the brightness
As though you already knew me
There you were
Hands outstretched and inviting
Saying, "Welcome to the family"
There you were
Showering me with kindness
So, here I am
Your confused child
My life will never be the same
Now, I am a brand new person
Born just for you
And I'm eternally grateful
That in your eyes
I can see the reflection of forever
Here I am...
I'm all yours!
Untattered Soul
A burst of diaphanous breath produced a single word
Full of pride, yet shivering in its own intensity and compassion
Saturated in light and pure love, shimmering as it hung in the expectant air...
"Live!"
Spilled from the voice, ancient and filled with elation
Igniting a Divine spark within the measureless instant you were formed
Quickened, conceived in the heart of the creator, Abba Father, El Shaddai
To become His precious child
Dreams were dreamt for you, before you understood that He existed
Indifferent to His purposes
Or even cared that your own heart beat bleatingly
As does a hapless lamb
Softly breaking into song
More blissful than the aria of a Nightingale
In that moment, He already knew you
Crafting so artistically-a nose, a mouth
Two eyes that would soon gaze in astonishment at the outside world
You were then given an untattered soul
Pure and unspoiled
Curled within His protective palm
Wombed, cradled, cocooned
No bigger than the seed of a lush Pomegranate, you stirred so slightly
"Grow!"
He instructed, then watered you with tears of joy
And you grew
Your innocence, nakedness and helplessness evident
As He gave a fragment of His own spirit to you
So enamored was your God with His creation
That He poured everything of value that He possessed
Into your tiny container
Soon, brimming with destiny, drenched and throbbing
You had to succumb to the beckoning life awaiting
Plummeting, uncontrolled, you burst forth
And sucked in your very first breath
His own, caught in His throat, as He whispered tenderly
"Now, thrive"
Then He gave you a nudge toward the arms of nervous parents
To begin your journey of thirty-thousand days
"Remember, I Am here."
He called shortly after
"I Am..."
"Here for you"
"All you have to do is call
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