seeing

"The word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I
said . . ." (Jeremiah 1:11)

i see
children
who could achieve
wonders no one expects,
if only someone would
mentor them, and who
sit at their desks,
staring at the empty doorway,
waiting;

i see
single parents
whose lives are shaped
by those who
have never had to
choose
between an Rx or a roof
over a family,
food on the table or
a car repair
to get to a job;

i see
walls being built
where bridges might
unite,
cyber weapons being programmed
instead of compassion being
unleashed,
crops being plowed under,
while people walk miles for a pound of
rice;

i see . . .

. . . will i act?

© 2013 Thom M. Shuman