Tuesday, July 21, 2020

After the Storm





The storm has ended,

hail and lightning

passing to the north,

rain ticking in the earth.


The valley brimming

with the breath of the creek,

ziggurats of cloud

going pink in the east.


Belief alone is not enough

 to make the good exist.

Doubt alone is not enough

to make the truth a lie. 


Blessed with free will

and the faith of a friend,

I choose to believe

in the light.


Sun in the west,

doves on the wire,

deer in the corn,

man on a bike.