In Your Hand

"In Your Hand"
(started 5/26/00. finished 5/2/00)

In the palm of your hand
I came into this world.
You held me
And nursed me to life.

I found my own rhythm,
My own pattern; connection.
And lived how I wanted to be.

Then I went astray -
Off on my own
In a hard, difficult world.

I made some bad choices,
Screwed up my life.
Now the damage
Is irreversible.

I'm hurting.
Hold me.
I just want to be again
In the palm of your hand.

*****
In a way, this has a literal meaning for me, since I was born 101 days premature, only weighing 1 lb 14 oz. I was in the hospital for months. There are pictures of me actually held in the palm of my parents' hands.
But, also, things have happened in my life where I have a hard time in the religion department... So, its also about that.