Faith - from Songbook for the Church of the Undammed - copyright 1988 by G.D. Lafontant

From the Poet's fruitful pen
flows the song of love
and love again;
the seed that spills from heart
to head
inspiring poetic vision
made of word.
And every poet
whom is
by another
read
is one less poet
left on Earth
unheard.

I say that
all of us are poets
as sure as we have
plunged
souls first
into the wonder
of the world.

So, when loneliness -
bitter -
sits down
upon your breast
upon your brow
and nymph and satyr
jest and flirt
(serving only to make
the heart hurt worse)
turn you mind's ear inward
and hear
your heart's
pure and simple verse.

Now, turn this poem
to warm beneath the sun
and, certain, you shall find
another one -
whom you may or may not
recognize.
And you shall stare
into each other's eyes -
soft, sharp, deep and bright -
and find,
in their reflection,
love's clean and honest light
and glorious resurrection.