The First Darshan (Song For Ameera) - Ingrid Chavez

The mountain seemed closer

Then it really was

The tarred road eternal

Slicing through the salt flats

Sparkling in the simmering sun

The country

Laid out before us

From the northern great plains

To the camel colored hills

Of San Ramon

We drove on through the night

Crossing state lines

Some unspoken promise

Calling us

Calling us west

Our world was in you

With your golden hair

Now brown

And wide eyes shy of two

Now lined in kohl

You had us to yourself then

Angel seed

Sown into the heartland

Sewn into the heart

A thread unbroken

The long road lead us to her door

The scent of jasmine filled the air

We laid beneath the slow sway of a willow tree

All color faded to white

Waiting for the unknown

Waiting for her

And with the grace of god in her stride

She arrived…

When she pulled us into her lap

You were the first

And like a great house over you

We were in her arms

Halleluja!

Halleluja!