Want no Faith

Sonnet the First:

Want no faith that makes me giddy.

Want no faith that lights my fire.

Want no faith that serves me only.

Want no faith that moves me higher.

Want a faith that takes the hands of

those the world has left behind.

Want a faith so full of grace it

cannot help but make me kind.

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Light & shadow dance together,

flick’ring ‘o’er the cabin floor

of my shattered soul untethered,

wond’ring is there nothing more?

One more time, let’s lift a candle.

One more time, let's offer hope.

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Sonnet the Second:

Want no faith that knows light only

without shadows, full of pride.

Want no faith so pure & holy

naught unclean can walk beside.

Want a faith that knows no stranger,

one that loves with love unbound;

faith which walks the talk unfailing,

searching out the lost ‘til found.

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Light & shadow dance together,

flick’ring ‘o’er the cabin floor

of my shattered soul untethered,

wond’ring is there nothing more?

One more time, let’s lift a candle.

One more time, let's offer hope.

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Sonnet the Third:

Want no faith that seeks pow’r over.

Want no faith that condescends.

Want no faith that claims the vict’ry,

blind to pains which never end.

Want a faith which sees the suff’ring.

Want a faith which lends a hand.

Off’ring hope where hope is fleeting.

God is love, our one command.

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Light & shadow dance together,

flick’ring ‘o’er the cabin floor

of my shattered soul untethered,

wond’ring is there nothing more?

One more time, let’s lift a candle.

One more time, let's offer hope.

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Sonnet the Fourth:

Want no faith constrained by doctrine,

love & grace withheld by laws;

casting out at our discretion

any sinner for their flaws.

Grant me faith which finds in hurting

common pain & common cause,

faith which walks the vale uncertain,

faltering, yes, yet stumbling on.

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Light & shadow dance together,

flick’ring ‘o’er the cabin floor

of my shattered soul untethered,

wond’ring is there nothing more?

One more time, let’s lift a candle.

One more time, let's offer hope.

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Sonnet the Fifth:

Light is nice & heights are thrilling,

all things neat & in their place,

Life’s not that, it’s chaos spilling,

do our best & make mistakes.

Want a faith that keeps on trying,

reaching out, though without sight,

nothing more than keep believing,

ever faithful through the night.

~

Light & shadow dance together,

flick’ring ‘o’er the cabin floor

of my shattered soul untethered,

wond’ring is there nothing more?

One more time, let’s lift a candle.

One more time, let's offer hope.

~

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Sonnet the Sixth:

Light & shadow dance together,

flick’ring ‘o’er the cabin floor

of my shattered soul untethered,

wond’ring is there nothing more?

Nothing more but pain & sorrow,

blindly seeking, striving, lost.

Even so I, God, beseech thee…,

I will trust thee, bear my cross.

~

Light & shadow dance together,

flick’ring ‘o’er the cabin floor

of my shattered soul untethered,

wond’ring is there nothing more?

One more time, let’s lift a candle.

One more time, let's offer hope.