Faith

Fusion poetry #4. Ghazal/Parallelismus Membrorum

Historic questions of existence seed faith.
With timeless answers, human minds then freed faith.

Unleashed by hope that more than life can live,
to capture eternity, fear of death does deed faith.

Enlightened hearts must wage war on hypocrisy.
In darkness, peace is lit or lost by those who bleed faith.

Hunger drives an empty man to blindly fill his plate;
so women wisely temper indulgence, and feed faith.

Mandates fall on roads built straight and narrow,
though doctrine will support what may in turn impede faith.

Fellowship gathers good folded within angelic wings,
split by demons who commit their crimes as they who lead faith.

Prayers promised in Communion or the Seven Sacraments
lie in silence ~ deaf to cries that cannot heed faith.

Denominations affirm designed revelation;
yet, without evidence, logic should supersede faith.

Agnostic trusts self-determination guides nature's course ...
Will I am, a man, who believes fate must also need faith.

2023

Author's Note

Thinking about timeless questions in ancient forms of poetry.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I was just telling someone today that one of my favorite words is "supersede" because of the second "s" instead of a "C"-
I like the repetition...it is like faith trying to break in, much like it tried to do in Emily D's case.
j.

[William Michael Reeves]

When I wrote down all the rhymes I could use I knew some were going to be tough. I'm glad I was able to use supersede. That happens to me a lot, finding something in a poem that relates to what happened during the day. Did you mean faith trying to break into the mind of an agnostic? Even if that's all we have have faith in is fate, it is still faith. Like having faith that the oncoming cars will stay in their lane. Thanks jacob.