come and see

“He said to them, ‘Come and see.’  They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day.  It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.”  John 1:39

when we see you

staying with the refugee

kids who cry themselves to sleep;

sitting next to grandparents

stored away in homes, leaning

over to hear their whispers;

walking with the trans kid

whose classmates drive by,

littering the air with insults, how

can we go home that nigh,

and act as if nothing

has touched our core?

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman