if we want to discover
the way to that place
we long to reach
at the end of our
pilgrimage in life,
we need only to look for
the vulnerable and the victims,
the immigrants and the prisoners,
the poor and those we turn into
scapegoats for all our fears,
for they are the ones Jesus
chooses to share the map.
and so, there they were
as they always are,
on the steps of
Saint Mary Major,
waiting to welcome their
beloved friend as he
continued his pilgrimage
to the place where he had
been heading toward
all of his life.
(c) 2025 Thom M. Shuman
Venmo: @Thom-Shuman
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