I Am Doing A Great Work, and I Cannot Come Down
Back and forth,
Back and forth,
Gently rocking my nursing babe.
Back and forth,
Back and forth.
All is calm,
All is quiet,
All is peacefully poised for sleep.
Oh my!
A light!
A buzz!
A call from triviality.
A startle.
A jolt.
Pulled from the serenity of the sleeping scene.
There, on the floor,
lying restless,
buzzing that siren call.
Who could it be?
Am I needed?
Wanted?
Is someone seeking me out?
My thoughts turned from the gentle peace,
the babe alerted to the beeping noise.
A responsibility.
A call to action.
An opportunity!
Shall I turn?
The damage is done,
Concentration broken,
Naptime halted,
May as well answer the call.
Or maybe not.
What if I didn’t?
Am I needed?
Wanted?
Is someone seeking me out?
As I look down on my startled child,
the answer rings quite clear.
Indeed, I am.
Needed.
Wanted.
Someone is seeking me out.
Not from the lighted box on the floor.
It’s the wakened angel in my arms.
A responsibility,
A call to action,
An opportunity!
Not from the source of the notification.
But from the squirming child I hold.
Not to connect anywhere but here,
Connect with the joy of my heart.
So we return.
Back and forth,
back and forth,
back and forth,
Back and forth we go.
A decision made.
Back and forth,
Back and forth,
Gently rocking my nursing babe.
Back and forth,
Back and forth.
All is calm,
All is quiet,
All is peacefully poised for sleep.
I whisper now, to that beeping box,
Peace, be still.
Peace, be still.
You can wait,
For I cannot come down.
I choose this,
I choose this.
For I am doing a great, great work.
Peace, be still,
Peace, be still.
I am doing a great, great work,
I cannot come down,
I will not come down.
Peace, peace be still.
To squander this now on your siren call,
Is not for me,
Is not for me.
I choose to be here,
I love to be here.
There is nowhere I’d rather be.
*Inspired by Nehemiah 6:3 I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
