‘Your hands have made and fashioned me;
give me understanding that
I may learn your commandments.’
Psalm 119:73
seeing the dust from creation
scattered all around, you reached down
and cradling it in your hands,
you shaped us (while looking
in the mirror to get us right)
and you have never let go.
you whispered your words
of grace, love, justice, peace
in the lullabies of the stars,
in the stories told by prophets,
in the songs of overlooked women,
and whenever we forget them,
you sit down with us and guide
our fingers under them where
they are engraved on your heart.
you gently breathed life into us
so that we could wander through
all the wonders around us,
showing us the path leading to you
with a few detours along the way
so we could serve others
© 2022 Thom M. Shuman
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