Ordinary 24
September 16, 2007

lost and ?
by Thom Shuman

at the bus stop
in front of the church,
sits an old man
waiting for his ride
down to the library
   where he will spend
   yet another day
   searching for a friend
   in the loneliness;

in a corner
of the coffee shop,
the single mother
stretches her non-fat
mocha grande latte
till closing time,
   glancing up every time
   the door opens,
   to see if hope
   has walked in
   and spotted her;

hidden in a knot of friends
wandering the mall,
the teenager longs
for his parents to call,
   simply
   to know
   they care.

now,
which of you,
having a hundred places to be
and a million things to do,
   would leave them
   to go after
   these lost ones?     


(c) 2007  Thom M. Shuman


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