someday soon (Advent 1-C)

the days are surely
         coming
   when justice will sprout
   from every tree
      withered by misery;
   when every broken-windowed
         building
      and every dream-littered
         vacant lot
               will be made over
               into havens for
               refugees;
   when our morning
         prayers
      will provide legs
      for those who have no
               standing in the
               world and our
         evensongs
       cradle lonely children
       in hope's lap;

but until those days,
               let us
   not waste time
         waiting.

(c) 2015 Thom M. Shuman