five

“’I called to the Lord out of my distress,

    and he answered me;’”  Jonah 2:2a

when my tears

turned to dust

in my eyes, you

baptized me with yours;

when my throat

was so sore from

screaming, i was voiceless,

you whispered, ‘i am here;’

when my heart

shattered from the blows

of those i thought

loved me, you

mended it with

stained glass windows

of grace filling the cracks

© 2020 Thom M Shuman