June 1st

”’What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.’” Matthew 10:27

there in the shadows
where fireflies flicker and
kittens prowl under the bushes,
where the Spirit whispers
into our timid souls,
and love blows through
the curtains like a gentle breeze,
let us not leave grace there
to rot in the silence
like wet leaves on the ground.
we have been muzzled
by fear long enough,
so let us rise from the hush,
gathering up love’s lyrics
which were planted in our hearts
and set to the music of angels,
so, we can sing from
the rooftops of our fears,
voices like bells ringing
on brittle winter mornings,
for what we heard in the shadows
should shine like sunlight
in the sorrows of the world.

© 2025 Thom M. Shuman

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