June 22nd

"Then the men who had gone up with him said, ‘We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we are.’  There we saw the Nephilim (the Anakites come from the Nephilim); and to ourselves we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.’"  Numbers 13:31, 33

there are the chefs

with multiple restaurants

and streaming shows,

the athletes whose shoe

deals earn them more 

than some small countries,

the politicians who become

idols simply by using words

which would get a 5-year-old

a very long time out.

and then there is

us

discounted

ordinary

insignificant

ignored

yet we are precisely

the ones you choose

to draw up into your lap

singing us the songs

of love and grace composed

in your heart for your

beloved.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman