Faith

A friend calls offering kind words,

Two hummingbirds flit among orange flowers

In the small backyard, a rainbow appears

Out of nowhere on a desert highway

As day by day we receive this light and then,

Ensconced underneath a blanket of darkness

Often in a vigil of excruciating stillness,

We wait and wait while being secretly

Nourished cell by cell

By that which has apparently vanished

As we are transformed into our truer selves,

These sturdy ones who have stood patiently

Here in darkness and in light with open arms

Welcoming everyone's arrival,

Trusting this blossoming promise all along….