Outside of Trouble
by Matthew Berg
Speaking and I hear them,
rousing the tired soul,
one I've known a while,
ideas that call out,
call and I listen.
Outside of trouble I pick up,
take notice of their conversations,
begin to give attention again,
dance for joy at their long awaited arrival,
stop to get all they'd speak,
these welcome company I've missed.
Out of trouble I walk,
enter into their presence,
leave my usual writing:
therapy in words,
begin to dream again,
with every new line I write.
rousing the tired soul,
one I've known a while,
ideas that call out,
call and I listen.
Outside of trouble I pick up,
take notice of their conversations,
begin to give attention again,
dance for joy at their long awaited arrival,
stop to get all they'd speak,
these welcome company I've missed.
Out of trouble I walk,
enter into their presence,
leave my usual writing:
therapy in words,
begin to dream again,
with every new line I write.
Matthew Berg is a renaissance man, follower of Jesus, husband, father, and working writer from the Midwest now living in the South.