Palm/Passion Sunday

 “Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
    today I declare that I will restore to you double.” Zechariah 9:12
 
locked into pandemic’s
prison with the key
thrown away,
hope
uses our brittle fears
to pick open the door
to lead us back into life.
after months (no, years!)
of feeling we were
isolated from compassion,
hope tiptoes into our
hearts to take us by the hand,
and lead us out to that
dusty road we’ve walked
every day of every month.
 
however long the past
has been and however
uncertain the future seems,
yet
we will double down
on hope
just as you did,
our Sibling in love.
 
© 2022 Thom M. Shuman