why wait? (Isaiah 55:1-5; Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21)

when your soul is
        parched,
  drier than any lecture,
           come
     to that fountain
        which never runs
              out of water;

when all you have
left is
        a pocketful of
                 hunger,
           come
        fill your cart
  with bread and wine,
  with joy and wonder,
     all marked down to
                 $0.00;

when the props are
  k
   n
    o
     c
      k
       e
        d
  out from under you,
     give a holler,
  i'm right in the
          next room
     and i'll come
            running,
  staying up all night
      keeping an eye
          on you;

but

     come!

(c) 2011  Thom M. Shuman

in our midst (matt. 13:31-33, 44-52

the kingdom of heaven
  is like an old dog
  curled up in a
           sunbeam
     snoring his praise
        in solitude;

the kingdom of heaven
  is like a seashell
  burrowed under the beach
        which a little girl
              found
     and gave to her best
              friend
         in the bleak midwinter;

the kingdom of heaven
  is like a
             sprinkle of
         fireflies
     skimming across the
            lawn, just
        out of the
                reach
     of dancing
           kittens;

the kingdom
            is . . .

(c) 2011 Thom M. Shuman