Somewhere along the line

I discovered Faith

It didn’t come right away

As a child I prayed for a

red wagon

That didn’t happen so I became

an atheist

Or perhaps an agnostic

because I still had hope

And I did believe in

Santa Clause

As an adult I joined

a religion as a rite of passage to

a world where people

gathered, smiling and laughing

Religion began making sense

in my pragmatic mind

My significant other died

believing that was the end

of his existence

And that worked for him

Now as I look back

through a significant

passage of time

I can feel “Faith”

The worries of today

are not my worries

I accept whatever

happens

Over all Creation there is

Mercy