and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God." Psalm 42:11
when my soul has
been ripped apart by sorrow,
may i use the pieces
to create a quilt which
will wrap another in hope.
when i find only emptiness
deep within me because of
all the doubts and questions
which have become my diet,
may i use the silence to compose
gentle songs of thanksgiving.
when i can barely get out of bed,
when i need a device to help
me make a journey i know by heart,
when i can no longer seem
to come up with the words
of love and grace i could offer,
when my body seems to have taken
a sharp turn in a direction
which fills me with fears,
may i use the difficulty before me
to discover the new life which
you are waiting for me to live.
(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman
Venmo: @Thom-Shuman
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