Let Us Have Faith
Our world is wary. People doubt
a faith unmanifested in our times.
Resurrection stories, prayers
from an old book cannot compete.
Sermons don’t have hashtags.
Thomas doubted, but this world scoffs
until “Christ performs miracle” trends.
They will investigate:
test the wine, the jugs, the water source.
They will interview the servants and guests,
bride and groom. They will compare stories.
They will also ask: Why waste efforts with wine?
Why not cure those with COVID or cancer?
They will ask: What more will you do for us?
Will you heal the planet, clean the oceans?
I will transform your hearts, so you will love
one another as I love you. Show us this love,
they will demand. Manifest love, and we will believe.
Elisa A. Garza is a poet, editor, and writing teacher. Her full-length collection, Regalos (Lamar University Literary Press), was a finalist for the National Poetry Series. Her chapbook, Between the Light / entre la claridad (Mouthfeel Press), is now in its second edition. Elisa’s sacred poems were recently published in The Ekphrastic Review. Her writing about cancer has appeared in Southern Humanities Review, American Journal of Nursing, and Huizache, who nominated her for the Pushcart Prize. She teaches writing workshops for cancer survivors.
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