until we are full

"I am the LORD your God, 

   who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and I will fill it." Psalm 81:10

fill our bitter souls

with words of peace

so we may speak 

healing to those around us.

fill our empty hearts

with endless compassion

so we may whisper kindness

in the ears of the vulnerable.

fill our hollow lives

with grace which has no end

so we may become the friends

the forgotten and lonely need.

fill us . . . 

(c) 2023 Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman