Faith

When the light of Reason flickers and fades
like a guttering candle
and only Faith remains
to battle the pressure,
pain and prejudice of Paranoia.
When you have exhausted your hubris
and perceived the Poisoned Pigmy
in his portrayal of the Pleasant Priest.
When you curse the Captains of Civility
and their blind, smug, self-satisfied,
supercilious solutions.
When there is no choice but to fight,
no hope but to delay and no aid
but the shattered remnants
of a once cherished philosophy.

When consequences no longer count
and the final scream of capitulation
is welling, unbidden, in your breast.
When all seems lost
and it is no longer possible
to bear the unbearable.
When Hate is set to triumph in your soul.
Hold fast to your Faith!
Love must persevere.
Love must prevail.
For if we lose that we lose all!

These are dark days...
and the only hope is the Power of Love!