"Faith"
Life is fragile and tenuous
Yet it endures in the meanest of sidewalk cracks
and broken down alleyways
even in the cities there is hope
and the lonesome cold conifers of canada
stretching on so far
they are underneath the same stars
children grow into grownups
and grownups grow old
and faith in the night is a light
my faith that my husband will come home
night after night for the rest of my life
and his promise that i need not fear but trust him
and i trust him, even if it is madness, it is hope
Hope is fragile and Tenuous
Love is fragile and tenuous
my fingers are trembling as i type these words
almost like a butterflies' wings and yet
somehow i have faith in my husband
and i stay up all night and all day alone
waiting for him to come home and hold me.
Life is fragile and tenous
like the heart of a young girl, me.
In Jesus' Name,
Amen.