Thursday, October 05, 2023

marked

"If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
   Lord, who could stand?" Psalm 130:3

we could not 
unless,
like Cain,
you cover us with a rainbow
promising never to abandon us,
you give us a sign that
though we are wandering
far from you we are not alone,
you have tattooed a part
of your name on our soul
even though others despise us,
you remember us
even when everyone else
has deleted us from their contacts.

(c) 2023 Thom M. Shuman

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