Faith Like a Child

[Sadie]

Revision:

When he said you won't make it
without faith like a child,

he didn't mean blindly stumble
but to cradle your faith
like a small child.

Hold it to your breast
as you run for life
along the spires
of this gauntlet wheel.

If you emerge,
head bent, your arms
bruised and battered

and the small thing
in your arms no longer
resembles a baby,
resembles anything
recognizable,

then,

thy faith has healed you.



Original:

When Jesus said
no one makes it
without faith like a child,
I think He meant

to cradle your faith,
like a small child
hold it to your breast
as you run
for life

along the spires
of this gauntlet wheel

and when you emerge
head bent, your arms
bruised and battered

the small thing
in your arms no longer
resembles a baby,
resembles anything
recognizable,

thy faith has healed you.