Leap of Faith

Faith is over

At this junction he decides

Remembers what it feels

To be a man

Strong with free will

Now bloodied on the outside

And inside filled with clots

To snag straight thinking

Faith is ill she needs him

Locks him up each time

He tries to leave

In early days a hero

To Faith he saw himself

But she’s wired up

Incurable, a thousand volts

Fuming sparks of rage

And he is filled with shame

Neither man or hero

Under this hailing rain

Relationship of terror

Black and red and

Blue all over, missiles

Fly at dinner, cat claws

Engaged as easily as words

And mortified he’s weak

But at this junction

To go this way or that

He steers with just the clothes

Upon his back, he drives

Away from all they shared

So soon he’s late

Faith waits and sighs

Watches at the window

Inwardly she feels the rise

Her fury so free flowing

His heart’s racing

‘Don’t look back

Just keep going’

He speaks to himself

Of another type of faith