Believing

Poetry — putting faith to work

Photo by Katarzyna Kos on Unsplash

belief travels from the heart
to every part of our bodies
like a windy day blowing wantonly
in all directions

it is sudden or comes in as an aged testimony
that’s been used wisely over and over when one
knows itself like a well-known friend

having faith and using it may feel a bit shaky
and unfamiliar like a sentence without
punctuation, until it grows on you,
helping you not to give up, remembering
what’s important

it’s there, waiting for an invitation to
overcome the dust of life when
fear, anxieties, having no faith, or
being unfaithful and unkind might take over

faith embellishes our souls
it frees our minds
it warms our hearts
moving us forward into change,
acceptance, creation, and love
forgiving ourselves
remembering hope