Guest Post: we fall together

Guest Post by Annie Allen

A Song of Evewe fall together

I know no good.

I know no evil,

but I know my Mother,

and I know my Father.

I know that They are Glorious.

And he and I are made in Their image,

so we too, must be gloriously radiant.

 

I know no joy.

I know no sorrow.

but I know my Father,

and I know my Mother.

So I know inconvenience is entangled in creation,

and sacrifice is confluent with parenthood.

 

I know no generosity.

I know no greed.

But I know my Mother,

and I know my Father.

So I know to consult and to pray.

They teach me to trust in Their word,

for trust is all I know.

 

I know no pleasure.

I know no pain.

But I know my Father,

and I know my Mother.

So I know courage.

They are torchbearers, so I must take heart,

and reach for what I cannot see.

 

I know no virtue.

I know no vice.

But suddenly, I know a stranger;

he tells me to partake.

 

In that moment, I come to know uncertainty.

I am teetering on the precipice of fear.

On the edge of serene stagnation and

perplexing progression

For the first time,

I know that I do not know.

 

So I ponder what I do know.

I am glorious, because They are.

Parenthood is sacredly sacrificial.

Trust, and pray, and consult.

I must pioneer whatever wilderness I encounter.

More than anything, I know my Mother,

and I know my Father.

 

That knowledge becomes the eye of the storm.

Chaos abounds, but They are the one constant.

I know what must be done.

My eyes linger on the turmoil

swirling on all sides,

but my gaze rises heavenward.

I see the light, and it begs me to act.

 

I leap.

 

And in that midair moment,

I am suddenly encircled in the arms my Parents’ love.

The cacophony quiets, we fall together,

and in a moment,

I know their Son, my Brother.

And with tears in our eyes and

my weight on His shoulders,

I whisper, “thank you.”

 

I now know radiance because I know the dark.

I now know sacrifice because I know convenience.

I now know prayer because I know loneliness.

I now know progression because I know stagnation.

 

I know good and evil

I know joy and sorrow.

I know pleasure and pain.

I know generosity and greed.

I know virtue and vice.

Because

I know my Mother.

And I know my Father.

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Annie grew up in the Church, and loves using Jesus as an excuse to love others, especially the marginalized and outcast. She is studying Sociology at BYU, and her dream is to help people feels God’s love. She loves to write, and does it often, in addition to being a river rafting guide in the summers, and avid rock climber year round, a lover of sleeping in the dirt, and an appreciator of all things beautiful.