fourth wednesday in lent

“O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;

    in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch.” Psalm 5:3

for little kids waking up

cranky and weary (already)

of a new routine;

for parents struggling

to be teachers of stuff

they had forgotten years ago;

for researchers cracking weary spines

and trying not to touch aching eyes,

searching for a new vaccine,

a quicker way to diagnose;

for those whose isolation

is a prison sentence, and

those who would serve right beside them

in nursing homes, and hospital rooms;

for those whose tapping feet

long to take them out into a world

they know they must avoid;

for all and every, for each and one,

we pray, O Lord,

hear our voices

hear our hearts

© 2020 Thom M. Shuman