Blindness

A powerful man resigned his post today
and some of us, stone faced, rejoice
while feeling sorrowful for the "half" of him
who standing with him had no voice

"Hypocrisy, an ugly sin", we blaze
"He thought he stood, but take heed, how he fell"
and then we hear the voice of God break through
"My child, those words apply to you as well"

Sub "Way"

Toques and tams and turbans
headphones and hijabs
bob in broken rhythm
netherworld they stab

No sense of decorum
rush to get a seat
close your eyes or zone out
stare down at your feet

Opening door brings shock waves
in baggy knee length pants
blues the air with language
paranoiac rants

Homeward see a woman
begging on the stairs
one insists on giving
money smiles and prayers

Ancient forlorn female
doors close, left alone
"trains must keep on schedule",
say hearts cold as stone

See it as a skirmish
battle of the tube
seasoned cynics versus
naive small town rubes

Now here safely swaddled
snow our natural fence
cannot judge the people
who act from self defense

Held Back

In the surreal blue-gray
not fog, but equally nebulous
I thank God for the united front of plows holding us back
In one sense - we're always flying blind
the immediate future totally obscured
despite our sense of cockiness
as we make our "best laid" plans
and then...
thankfully
joyfully
watch
as a Sovereign merciful God
causes them to "go astray"

Well, that was yesterday, and the picture above is this Lord's day.
The sun has risen, and so has the Son!