April 22nd

"And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'” Isaiah 30:21

we sit at the Five Corners

where Foolishness Avenue,

Rocky Road, Via Dolorosa,

Bad News Boulevard, and

the Way to Hope all come together

and our internal GPS keeps 

whispering, 'recalculating, recalculating.'

we ease into the traffic circle

with others who look as confused

as we are, only to find

there are no clear exits.

we stand on the corner

tapping our feet

for the signal to change 

to 'walk' but it never does.

so, you go to the engineer's

office, grab all the plans

and put them in the shredder,

telling everyone, 'folks, you 

need to stop overcomplicating

that simple path of grace

i shared with you 

from the very beginning.

(c) 2025 Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman