Belief Again
In the beginning the precocious child
camecrying pleading even offering God
exotic“You do and I will” contracts.
But with no reply a seed of disbelief was sown.
Over time it sprouted a sapling
rooted in the fertile soil of intellect
grew and matured like a many-legged banyan tree
festooned with ancient and modern proofs of secularity.
Disbelief had sufficed and reigned for a lifetime.
Unchallenged ruler until now
when the cape of age enfolds him
stresses upend equilibrium
and mysterious unconscious mind
slyly unfurls the God banner
tattered but still serviceable.
And he is the pleading child again.
Oh, no...he says
quickly! quickly! take control!
hammer the deviant thoughts back down whack! whack!
grimly psyching himself to tough-out
the trauma that stoked their revival.
Whew…that was a close one!
Curious
how long-buried belief
rises up from the depths
like a wreck relaunched
by an underwater quake.
Dangling newly burnished relics for salvage.