The poem is a reverent ode to a divine presence, addressed as “O Lord,” whose radiant “Emmanuel light” infuses every breath and moment with grace. This light, delicate as a “wisp of filigree gleam,” transforms each dawn into an unspoken gift of transcendent beauty. The poem closes with the assurance of this presence’s eternal abiding, a constant “ever there,” offering comfort and wonder beyond measure.

O Lord
you fill each breath
with your exquisite Emmanuel light.

Like a wisp
of filigree gleam,
your velvet presence
glows—so every dawn
lifts a grace unspoken,

shining like a diamond gleam,
your light a hymn beyond compare.