answers

“When the poor and needy seek

         water,

   and there is none,

   and their tongue is parched

         with thirst,

I the LORD, will answer them.

   I the God of Israel will not

         forsake them.”  Isaiah 41:17

may your answer be

the water bill

we pay for a neighbor;

the lead we remove

from drinking fountains

in our schools;

the wells we dig

in barren lands;

the glass of water

we hold to the lips

of a friend in hospice care.

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman