Six Word Fridays ~ Faith

Stormy, painful, terrifying and grim news

fills our ears, pierces our hearts.

When will it stop, we ask.

Please make it stop, we pray.

We seek out bits of good

and strain to make any sense

out of the onslaught of hate.

So much - so very much - insanity

in the name of ... what? Faith?

So much noise. So much rhetoric.

.....

I believe that sunshine and pretty

puddles will follow each rain storm.

I believe a vibrant, green spring

will follow each cold, gray winter.

But if I am being honest, 

I really struggle to believe that 

peace will ever find its way 

back  into this terror ridden world, 

Oh, I choose to believe that my 

neighbors are decent and kind.

I choose, each day, to treat 

others as I'd want to be 

treated myself. This is my choice.

My weapon of choice. I will

do this small thing. Make this

simple choice. Trying to make it

count...yet not believing it's enough.

Join me. I know you will.

Perhaps, one by one, we will

be able to light the way.

Join us and share your story ~ 

Remember only six words per line!

I'm also linking up with James