See this gentleman? This is my lady’s father, a man of undisputed faith. His faith in the truth of the Bible and the reality of Christ helped him over many a hump. This is a man who came to religion late in life, but embraced it so strongly that he read the entire Bible three times in three years. His was a faith that bolstered him day to day.
But placing faith in the wrong ideology can be deadly. So many people today have placed their faith in chemicals and self. They slowly deteriorate, and destroy all around them.
My lady has written a short poem about faith and how terrifying faith, faith of any sort, can become. She spoke from having lost faith once. Now she can two more incidents. This poem was first published in Beyond Doggerel, Vol 3, #1.
So I’m out of here and you can read.
As Always, Cooper the Cocker
Woof! Woof!
Faith
The water moves slowly
Its scaly surface exact.
Venture too close
He will tow you away through infinite depths.
You scoff. But it happened
To me, once.
Watery sawdust floor sinking, rising, transformed
No priest-cloaked redeemer this
Soft muscle around naked feet, binding, a devoted dragging, until
I burst forth, recreated, choking on empty air.
Mere wind and sunlight, you say.
Like the predictable static scratch of lightning
On a Starry Night screen, you say.
He is easily explained away by science.
You cannot trust truth unexplained.
Yet even now he lies, iridescent and coiled
With mouth agape, swaying, waiting.
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Marlene Abel
/ October 9, 2013Very inspiring! You certainly have a God given talent. Thank you for sharing! God bless you in every effort.
Laura Hunter
/ October 9, 2013Thank you, Marlene. Sometimes I wonder, you know. When the right word won’t come or I reread and find that I said nothing like what I meant! Thanks for following and for commenting.