To Give Them All

"Forgiveness of a lover
Peace like a river
Strength like a warrior
Faith like that of a sparrow-they won't fall when they fly-
Who wouldn't love these?

Sermons, songs, speeches
I hear it day in
and day out
Stories, people, ideas
I see it all around

People crave the idea
They need it in their soul
that they don't believe they have
Cries without words
Sobs with no tears

Yet no one believes."

"Faith of a sparrow
Forgiveness of a lover
Strength like a warrior
Peace like a river
Where can they be from?

Does it come from success?

(but what of failure?)

Does it come from love?

(but what of hate?)

Does it come from perseverance?

(but what of fear?)

If it comes from nothing,

why do they have it?

Faith to cross a raging sea

Love to die,

Strength to speak truth,

Peace to continue despite rapids

How?

If it is not natural,

if ideas,

and morality,

and thought,

if they come from the immaterial,

so must those who have such things

Sustained, they are, by something

Something not of the natural,

Not of the world.

But what?

No god exists,

No spirit

Is it a facade?

A mask?
Does the sparrow fall?

The warrior become weak?

The lover become bitter?

Peace become a raging sea?

But no.

They love

They live

They can greet the day

Smiling

They hope,

They live,

They dream

Because they know something

In a place long forgotten by the rest

They have grasped something we do not know.

Their assurance

And their conviction

Sustain them

Something calls them

Beyond the edge of the world

The only possibility is God

But he can’t exist!

Science says,

But science only works with the natural

With what seems to be

But if God exists,

Then He created science

History

Math

Language

Everything we see

and use

and hear

and believe in

Everything is created

But God can’t exist,

There are laws-

Laws which humans believe cannot be broken,

Says my soul

Do I even have a soul?

They say I do–it is where

conscience comes from,

thoughts, things that

separate us from rock

Does He exist?

Logic says so.

And He must be what gives them

the forgiveness of lovers

the strength of warriors

the peace of a river

and faith of sparrows

He gives them strength

peace

forgiveness

faith

hope

love

life

He gave it all to give them all.