Of Belief – a poem by Larry D. Thomas

Of Belief

Though he’s blind,
his arguments are solid
as the molecules of diamonds.
He probes, even in his sleep,

the nuanced depths of philosophy
and highest science.
When bothered by his somber,
respectful colleagues

as to how, with the net
of his nimble Nobel mind,
he’s somehow managed
to snag the naive

butterfly of belief,
he says he’s opened
his eyes to the darkness.
Just the darkness.

Larry D. Thomas served as the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate and is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.  He has published several collections of poetry, including As If Light Actually Matters: New & Selected Poems (Texas A&M University Press 2015).  Journals in which his poetry has been published include The Windhover, Christian Science Monitor, Southwest Review, Poet Lore, and Relief: A Journal of Art and Faith.