FAITH

        FAITH                   TIM WILLIAMS          AUGUST   2015

STARING AT MOULDERED WALLS
WATCHING LIFE RUN LIKE DAMP,
CAREERING TOWARDS ROTTING FLOORBOARDS,
THAT IF TOUCHED WILL CRUMBLE IN YOUR HAND
LIKE THE DISAPPEARING YEARS,
THEY LOOK OVER THEIR SHOULDER AT YOU
AND SMIRK AS THEY FADE LIKE MIST INTO THE DISTANCE

YOU WISH YOU HAD USED THEM BETTER
LIVED THEIR PRECIOUS SECONDS TO THE FULL,
DRANK THIRSTILY FROM TIMES GOBLET, AND LICKED YOUR LIPS DRY,
NOT WASTING A SINGLE, SOLITARY DROP,
THE SINGULAR CANDLE REPRESENTS TIMES FRAGILITY,
IT THROWS FORTH A MORSEL OF LIGHT, AS IT DOES A FLICKERING
DANCE AS IF POINTING THE DIRECTION YOU SHOULD TAKE

WE PICK OUR WAY TENTATIVELY ALONG LIFES
NARROW PATH, SOMETIMES CONFIDENTLY,
LIKE MOUNTAIN GOATS,SURE FOOTED,
ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR GREENER PASTURES,
LIKE SHEEP FLOCKED TOGETHER FOLLOWING,
FOLLOWING WHAT ?, FOLLOWING WHO ?,
SOME HAVE GOD'S, BUT WE ALL HAVE A FAITH

A FAITH IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE, OR OURSELVES,
THAT KEEPS US STRONG THIS DIVIDES US
FROM THE ANIMALS, AND THE UNBELIEVERS,
SO KEEP YOUR FAITH, DONT WASTE YOUR TIME HERE,
TRY AND BE A BETTER PERSON THAN THE ONE
YOU SAW IN THE BATHROOM MIRROR YESTERDAY
AND SHAVE CAREFULLY, FOR LIFE IS SHORT ENOUGH.