I Was There

Last night a friend of mine convinced me to go to the daily rosary for the 2014 Fortnight for Freedom. While I was sitting there I started to get this poem stuck in my head. It's unrefined and unfinished, but I'd be interested in your thoughts.

          I was there when the beach was taken
          I was there when the towers fell
          I was there at the founding of a new nation
          I was there in the battle of Passchendaele
 
          I was there at the sign for peace
          I was there with those left behind
          I was there for those who were left to linger
          I was there because they too were mine
 
          I was there in the first desperate cry
          Of those faced with loss
          I was there to pay with my blood
          For the unprecedented loss
 
          I was there with them in Eden
          I was there on Mount Sinai
          I was there waiting for the Holy Land
          I was there with them waiting to fight

          I was there at the Nativity
          I was there at every joyful birth
          I was there singing with the Angels
          I was there because love had come to Earth

          I was there at your first love
          I was there when you sore you'd never be apart
          I was there when you pledged yourself to Me
          I was there when he broke your heart

          I was there when you never thought you'd find peace
          I was there when you were sure you'd never love
          I was there when you rediscovered Me
          I was there watching from above

          I was there when you learned forgiveness
          I was there when you learned it again
          I was there leading you by the hand
          I was there to lead you back again

          I was there with the first joyful laughter
          I was there with the first sacrifice
          I was there at the altar
          I was there to pay the price

          I was there in every suffering
          I was there in every joy
          I was there with every woman
          With every man, girl, and boy
 
          I was there at the great creation
          Beginning and the end
          I was there with the first joyful laughter
          I was there with the first true friend

          I was there- I am there- I will be there
          And I always be there
          For I have always been yours
          And you have always been mine