Faith

Sometimes,

All you have is faith,

Even when

Jericho’s walls fall down

Faith that there is hope

Even when there is none,

Faith in the father’s

Who have lied

And cheated

And been lied to

And cheated on,

Even then

Telling you

Everything will be

All right

When the dust pouring

Out of the cracks

Of the crumbling walls

Tell you different,

And the hosts

That have encircled

This city for so long

Are about to bring

Justice to a world

That doesn’t know

Right from wrong

Hope prevails,

Shaped out of the smoke

And like smoke

With evaporate

When you most

Need it,

Hope going up

In smoke

As sacrifice

To gods

You never thought

You would need to

Believe in,

Except now

Finding faith

When it’s

Too late