To walk where there is no path,
To breath where there is no air,
To see where there is no light-
       This is Faith.

To cry out in the silence,
The silence of the night,
And hearing no echo believe
And believe again and again-
        This is Faith.

To hold pebbles and see jewels
To raise sticks and see forests
To smile with weeping eyes-
        This is Faith.

To Say: 'God, I believe' when others deny,
'I hear' when there is no answer,
'I see' though naught is seen-
        This is Faith.

And the fierce love in the heart,
The savage love that cries Hidden
        Thou art yet there!
Veil thy face and mute thy tongue
Yet I see and hear Thee, Love,
Beat me down to the bare earth,
Yet I rise and love Thee, Love!
        This is Faith.

I GAVE YOU ALL I HAD, LORD
I gave you all that I had, Lord
My life, my heart, my hope-
The first was poor enough I know
The second unworthy through and through
But the third was a kingly gift
For I hoped on You with all my soul!

I have nothing left to give, Lord
Only my poverty, my ruin, my death -
These fragments, too, I give, Lord
Take them if you will, they're Yours.

Or if not worthy then spurn
Them for the worthlessness they are!
What can man give You, Lord on high?
Have You needs or wants or hopes?

Whatever You take is mercy pure -
I can but offer as a beggar sits
And stretches out his need to the King
With an empty palm and blind eyes.
(21 March, 1958)

WEEP NOT FOR ONE BROKEN HEART
There are so many stars!
Weep not for the moon
If it falls in opal dust
Upon the Milky Way.

There are so many worlds!
Weep not for this dusty sphere
If it burns away in the heat
Of some celestial holocaust.

The fence of the universe
Is the fence of all eternity
Weep not for one broken heart
Nor grieve for a passing day!
(25 November, 1958)