Poem/Prayer for Worship
by Thom Shuman
Building
me -
a dwelling place for God?
my roof
leaks with wayward
and wanton thoughts . . .
my windows
look out on a world
lusting for more
and caring for less;
if any dare peek in,
they will see the same hungers . . .
my furnace
is filled with the ashes
of dusty dreams
and hapless hopes . . .
my foundation
cracks under the weight of loneliness,
ravaged by the storms of sadness.
i would build you
a house, my God:
re-build me
instead.
Amen.
(c) 2006 Thom M. Shuman
* it was tempting to title this
'Shaken, not stirred"!!!
(Comments to Thom at tmshuman@fuse.net.)
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