.. saw that it was good° ...

And thank you for this girl you've given me,

who captivates yet keeps me winging free,

her love is what reminds me of your grace

and teaches me to slow down to retrace

the steps of one who trusted your great love,

but also your perspective - from above;

to learn from you just how to grow a god,

as living offspring, to "tread as he trod"!

And thank you for the pleasures you have strewn -

at your right hand there’s more than a whole moon

of tasty cheese; your simple gifts (like taste),

or cups of tea, or walking, games, are spaced,

and sometimes not - they're crammed, and piled a lot.

I’ll just receive, and trust, believe you're not

in competition, you've given your life

to me, and will do more than my good wife.

And for these childers, you gifted through us,

to your new world, creation’s omnibus -

to drive it under your good gracious hand,

and John spoke true* re. joy that could not stand

but multiplied upon itself when they

lived true to what you hope and love, and say,

which means that they must listen to your word

and know your heart’s intent, and live absurd-

ly as though you were growing baby gods

from embryos like these, ourselves, and bods

like us. You're o-verth top! - we're really glad

that you're around. We think that you're not bad!

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°  God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness. ..… God saw that it was good. ...  God saw that it was good. ... God saw that it was good. ... God saw that it was good. ... God saw that it was good. God saw all that he had made – and it was very good!  Genesis 1:4‭, ‬10‭-‬10‭, ‬12‭, ‬18‭-‬18‭, ‬21‭, ‬25‭-‬25‭, ‬31 NET

*  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.  3 John 1:4 NIVUK