Laura Martin: Let Me Be Faithful

 Let Me Be Faithful

 

Let me not be faithful to the old stories

Of people who used each other,

And claimed it was divine will.

Let it not be to the ways that only divide and exclude.

Let me be faithful to the tadpoles just born this morning,

Moving in the water.

Let me be faithful to the birds who lift together into the sky,

And keep ascending.

Let me faithful to the tomatoes that grow all summer,

Then stop when they are done.

Let me be faithful to to the ones who say

They do not believe in God,

But rise every day to feed hungry people.

Let me be faithful to those who play music

With windows open,

And to those who have been devastated,

Yet love.

 

— Laura Martin