refuge-less

“For you have been a refuge to

          the poor,

    a refuge to the needy in their

          distress,

    a shelter from the rainstorm

          and a shade from the heat.” Isaiah 25;4

we close up our

      umbrellas, rather

   than share them;

we slam the door

   in the faces

   of the weary;

we stomp around

   leaving large carbonprints;

we close our blinds

      so we dare not see

   kids playing

   in misery’s streets;

Lord, in your mercy . . .

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman