At a distance

It takes time to figure out what to do in the face of tragedy...hurricanes...tsunamis...earthquakes. I read people saying these are signs of the "End Times." This is not the first time the "End Times" have been predicted. Here in the Midwest things are relatively quiet. We will see what comes to pass. In the meantime we pray and figure what we are called to do in this meantime.

We watch from a distance

But not too far.

It is quiet here

In the Midwest.

No storms

No hurricanes

No tsunamis

No earthquakes.

We watch from a distance

But not too far

To care

Not too far

To pray

Not too far

To know we are blessed.

Others

Are scared

And wet

And covered in rubble.

We will need

To figure out

In the quiet

At a distance

What it means to know

We are blessed,

To know

What to do.