give heed to my sighing.” Psalm 5:1
they are like the boxes
lined up on grocery shelves,
those proper, correct words
which i know I should offer.
but those snorts of derision
at the foolishness of others
i shove deep inside me,
those gasps of outrage
i mutter to myself when
things don’t go my way,
those chirrs i stifle as
the chair of a meeting
drones on and on and on,
those whispers of loneliness
which i dare not exhale
at the table filled with conversations?
consider my sighs, gentle God,
so i know that at least
someone is listening
to the hollowness of my days
and will transform it, by grace,
into holiness for others.
© 2025 Thom M. Shuman
Venmo: @Thom-Shuman
they are like the boxes
lined up on grocery shelves,
those proper, correct words
which i know I should offer.
but those snorts of derision
at the foolishness of others
i shove deep inside me,
those gasps of outrage
i mutter to myself when
things don’t go my way,
those chirrs i stifle as
the chair of a meeting
drones on and on and on,
those whispers of loneliness
which i dare not exhale
at the table filled with conversations?
consider my sighs, gentle God,
so i know that at least
someone is listening
to the hollowness of my days
and will transform it, by grace,
into holiness for others.
© 2025 Thom M. Shuman
Venmo: @Thom-Shuman
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