comfort, my people

“As a mother comforts her

         child,

   so I will comfort you;

   you shall be comforted in

         Jerusalem.”  Isaiah 66:13

on playgrounds

where skinned knees

and hurtful words abound;

at borders where

families at torn apart;

in hospice rooms,

where loved ones

take that final breath

to leap into your love:

comfort us,

tender God,

comfort us.

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman