November 14th

"Why do the wicked renounce God, 

and say in their hearts,
   'You will not call us to account'?
But you do see!
   Indeed you note trouble and grief,
that you may take it into your hands;
   the helpless commit themselves to you;
you have been the helper of the orphan." Psalm 10:13-14

they send cruel texts

to people of color, about

buses coming to take them

to plantations for work.

they rub their hands in glee

that they are not just going

to fall back for daylight savings

but hopefully all the way back

to those causes they think

have been lost along the way.

they believe that anger has finally won,

that hate has conquered love,

that bullies are your best friends,

that you have anointed them 

to share a fake gospel of hate.

but you are keeping an eye out,

continuing to give strength

to those who will not let 

grace disappear,

hope be consigned to landfills,

justice to be ignored,

kindness to be swept away,

love become dusty history.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

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