Words of The Lamb magazine

Marriage of Faith and Sight

by Donna Harlan

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The tulips woke me from the front yard,
the color of sun, a pleasant alarm.
Yesterday they teased me with a hint,
so barely there I could have talked myself out of it,
but today the verdant green has peeled away.

Why must I run to see, to witness what I know is there
when I have seen before and have no doubt.
I dare not try to answer for fear I might decide
that knowing is seeing, perhaps a kind of faith.

No, today I attend the joyful marriage of faith and sight.

Donna Harlan

Donna Harlan is a native of East Tennessee, where she currently resides, after having lived in both the Netherlands and Singapore, where she delighted in learning both how big and how small the world is. She has published one collection of poetry titled BENCH BY THE POND, and her works have been featured in several publications. She is a reader for three literary journals.