I EMBRACE MY FAITH LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE

I embrace my faith like a dog with a bone

clinging to it

my anchor in life’s rough seas

where the waves crash and howl

and the night swallows the stars.

Patience by my side

like an old friend

we’ve walked these streets together

through the rain and the grime

the bars and the broken dreams.

We share cigarettes and stories

laugh at the absurdity of it all

knowing the world doesn’t owe us a thing.

In tempests of trouble’s storm

when the world spins out of control

I cast off fear

like an empty bottle

God guides my heart

a compass in the chaos

steady and sure.

I find my way

stumbling sometimes

but always forward

always reaching

for that sliver of light

that promise of dawn

in a city that never awakens from its deep sleep

where hope hides in the cracks

and faith dances in the shadows.

The streets are a labyrinth

full of lost souls and forgotten dreams

but I walk them with purpose

head held high

eyes on the horizon

heart beating with the rhythm

of something bigger

something unseen.

I pass the drifters and the dreamers

the ones who have given up

and the ones who still fight

and I nod to them

a silent salute

a shared understanding

that life is a brutal dance

but one worth dancing.

In the quiet moments

when the chaos recedes

and the world is still

I feel it

that divine grace

lifting me

pushing me forward

reminding me

I am not alone.

The city hums with a low constant murmur

a discordant melody of lives intertwined

each note a story

each chord a struggle.

But in the cacophony

there’s a harmony

a sense of something greater

something holy.

I embrace faith strong

like a dog with a bone

clinging to it

my anchor in life’s rough seas

where the waves crash and howl.

Patience by my side

like an old friend

we walk these streets together

through the rain and the grime

the bars and the broken dreams.

(c) Richard Gordon Zyne