echoes

^“Give ear to my words, O Lord;
    give heed to my sighing.”  Psalm 5:1

words are easy to toss

in the direction of your ears,

but

the rumors of

my wandering faith;

the trickles of compassion

that harden in my frozen heart;

the murmurs of anger

i harbor towards others;

the tinkles of discordant hurts

that i cannot turn into lullabies;

i can only hope you hear their echos,

even as i try to silence them.

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman