I Gain the Arms of God
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I Gain the Arms of God

By December 10, 2018August 21st, 2019No Comments

Motherhood means I get to prep my baby for maturity. But lately I’ve been painfully missing that totally dependent baby who used to sleep next to me every night. Here’s a poem about that and my longing to experience it again.

 

Wait, wait.
Wasn’t this just yesterday?
Mini-breaths blowing in my face
held between two dimpled hands
listening to JJ Heller’s album—
God reminding me then
the sweetness of that season,
even in that season.

But like the sweetest aroma
that at once fills nostrils and lungs
this scent must soon flee
and become…a memory,
a piercing longing.
Could I taste those moments again
in salty tears
I’d be feasting.

This baby loses her gummy smile
and sense of absolute dependence,
but I gain the arms of God
which gently carry those with young
and wrap around the hearts of them
who long but tarry
to carry again.

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon is an author, speaker, and spoken word artist based in Orlando, Florida. She has written three children’s books—Love Made, Love Gave, and Love Can—and a book for adults, Love Has a Story. Her first fiction book, a novel-in-verse titled If Hurricanes Were Flowers, is set to release in 2027 with InterVarsity Press. Born in Manila and raised in Orlando, Quina is of Filipina, Puerto Rican, and Jamaican descent. As a first-generation child of immigrants, her writing explores identity, migration, and how our personal and cultural stories echo Scripture’s grand narrative. She has helped create projects through her writing, editing, creative vision, teaching, and/or performing for clients like Christianity Today, Vū Virtual Production Studios, YouVersion Bible App, Propel Women, Chasing Justice, Truth's Table, The Gospel Coalition, Ballet 5:8, InterVarsity Press, Bethany House Publishers, Moody Publishers, The Good Book Company, Harvest House, Risen Motherhood, Cru, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Training Leaders International, and many more.

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