You wear your peace
not on your skin
but across your soul
and deep within

Faith now spoken
without a breath
transcending life
defying death

Thoughts of trust
not as a state
but as a blessing
to seal your fate

Emotions then
a matter of course
provide a
life-sustaining force

To hold out hope
for what is to be
you look and listen
with clarity

For all you know
all you’ve believed
it is not want
but desire you need
                                                     j.g.l.