Third Monday of Advent

Read 2nd Peter 1:1-11

we may not see
        you
    now,
            but if we pay
            close attention,
in the children
    sharing a sled
    on a snow-packed hill,
in the father
    sending an extra lunch
    to school with his son,
        to slip into a classmate's
            locker,
in the mother
    taking on an evening
        shift at the store,
            to get the clarinet
    her daughter has always
               dreamed of,
        we catch glimpses of
                you.

we may not hear
            you
    now,
                but if we listen
            with open ears,
to the college age
    brother who tells his
        little sister, 'of course,
            there is a Santa;'
to the songs of hope
    coming out of
        the shadows of
                despair;
to the crunch of fresh
   snow being angeled
        by the goofy dog,
            we can eavesdrop
    as you practice your
                solo
        for Christmas Eve.

and
    in those glimpses,
        in those whispers,
we can
        rejoice.

© 2010  Thom M. Shuman