CHALK TALK

An early morning moment –
all alone,
walking down a cement sidewalk
and there in front of me
on the cement,
probably from the day before,
a child’s chalk talk –
marked stick figures,
a few faces,
a “Hello” and
a “I love you!”
and once more I blurt out in prayer,
“Lord, when am I going to
take the time,
make the time,
to see all these scribblings from you
on the sidewalks of my life? Amen.”

© Andrew Costello