Monday, November 29, 2010

Projected faith

And with the dawning of the facts
the bubble of my own faith
explodes and spreads like shards of glass
across each path I choose to tread.


The cuts and scrapes, blood and pain,
not ever seen in my belief
yet force upon the wondrous “me”
a coming down to artful earth.


But the land itself is innocent
forced to endure just like me
and shines the glass heavenward
like a signalled S.O.S.


Sometimes it misses, shines at me;
can it be I’m dubbed the saviour
and the one and only skilled enough
to repair a bubble?


The wondrous “me”; how can it be
my body’s pierced with glass
and I stand as one in ignorance
of projected faith?


Shine on, shine on, shine on me,
oh, glass and master of dis-ease,
because projected faith
always outweighs reflections!

4 comments:

  1. wow i,m enticed by her poetry as i,m also a person who wants to be a professional poet .they are really breathtaking.she makes her world rotate in her hand like a master. she takes what we dont see like a rock star and truly i,m fascinated by her mystery work which makes me wonder is this our world or theirs ?

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  2. Thank you Sboniso. I think it's a world that was and perhaps could be again if all who inhabit this world were of one purpose.

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  3. Helen, you are phenomenal, this is an awesome poem and its very inspiring...... Keep up the good work my sister

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  4. Thank you, Phinah. It makes me happy that you found it inspiring and now with me reading it again, I too am inspired. I actually needed to read it today so thank you for taking me back there.

    Regards
    Helen

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