Saturday, December 21, 2024

December 21st

"But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be." Luke 1:29

really?

you didn't just sit down
suddenly in the chair,
stunned beyond words.
you didn't run down to the kitchen,
yelling, "Mom!  Mom!" 
and then in circles when
you couldn't find her.
no searching for the hidden
speaker or looking in the closet
to see if your little brother
was holding a microphone
pranking you with that voice
which no one else could hear.
"much perplexed"
is the best you could
come up with in that
gobsmacked
out-of-the-blue
life changing -
no,  that life-shattering moment?
no wonder we are left
pondering 
what sort of person you 
are

until you start singing

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

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