day 209

“I lie down among lions

    that greedily devour human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
    their tongues sharp swords.” Psalm 57:4

they lie in wait

as i walk the streets

for justice, they

curl up on the front

porch waiting for me

to step outside,

they circle around me

just waiting to take

a nibble here,

a taste there,

but you hold the chair

and snap the whip

keeping

my fears from ever

devouring me

© 2020 Thom M. Shuman