A Child Will Come

A child will come    to live among you,

to claim you as guardians    in tenderness,

whose name will be    a byword to you:

a name for your hope,    your joy, your faith,

                                                for your caress.

Though flames may dwindle    as, during night-hours,

we contemplate    our final duress,

the more your child    will be welcome to you:

the name that arrived    and, through your lives,

                                                who never left.