CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENCE

Certitude is as car exhaust

It does exist when emitted

But will quickly evaporate

Yet for some, faith will do

Keeping that delicate view

Something to contemplate

And challenge is permitted

Views develop unenforced

Surety is on shifting sands

Doubt washes like the tide

But roots deepen with age

Open minds aren’t forever

Mere belief, or just clever

Never a need to be a sage

Knowing what stays inside

Concepts one understands

Conviction is a scary thing

After hardly any reflection

No more need to ask why

Or what the foundation is

Whether solid or mere fizz

As it floats like a butterfly

Hoping to avoid detection

See it flutter and take wing