August 5th

“He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” Mark 8:29

ignore the confessions
the profound sermons
the memes filled with rigidity—
you,
with the bruised souls,
the bitter breath,
the stone-in-the-shoe weariness.
you,
whose muse is more doubt
than iron-clad belief.
you,
who dares to hope
in what the world ignores
and who hears that Voice
in the whispered prayers
of the forgotten and flawed.
you,
who writes down grace
on your shopping list
and longs for someone
to call you ‘my heart.’
what name do you give
to that Love which
wears the same life
you do?

© 2025 Thom M. Shuman

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