for all who are oppressed." Psalm 103:6
yes,
prayers are important
but what may really be needed
is for the privileged to admit
that the folks who sleep
in parks, cars, and under bridges
each night are not worthless
but their most valued, their
most forgotten, siblings.
yes,
thoughts may help us
feel better (or at least safer),
but it is thinking outside
that space that is wrapped
around the metaphorical box
so we can come up with
new ideas, fresh approaches
innovative ways to solve
the problems which surround us.
yes,
we are tempted to leave
everything up to God, who
has already been hard at work,
pausing every once in a while
to mop their brow and ease
the pain in their back, while
we are on our second cup
and scrolling through mindless
foolishness on our devices.
(c) 2023 Thom M. Shuman
Venmo: @Thom-Shuman
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