FOR OUR SURVIVING

I Love You

How can we sleep

when there’s no peace

when crime is here

and dying there

when bullets shred

the air

Help us to find

a place of rest

where chaos does not

invade our mind

Father, are we reaching

crisis point

or

have we gone

far past

to where we must

watch and wait

through the night

to keep each other

safe

There is less

of everything

except

need

Of need there is

too much

Father, I believe

You have a plan,

that our lives exist

in your hands

Bless those

who comfort the dying

for the rest of us,

bless us,

give us strength

for our surviving.

LJ Austin ~ 2-11-24

ART: “Preparations for Sunset” 2020-2024