By Bernard Dozier
Faith's filament -
A gossamer thread
Spun upon the Loom of prayer
Sent sailing upon
The fragile wings
Of my desire
Into the airiest heights
Of the Most High,
Where it touches
Like thistledown
On ethereal things
Till it rests
Upon the best of things hoped for.
Faith's filament -
The tender tendril
Of the mind -
Sounds,
Surrounds
Dream substance
With steel-strong
Coils of sweet certainty;
At last
Drawn earthward
With its prize
To my exultant mind
And heart
And eyes.
