Believe Poem by Jesse Fast

My life was caught in disarray,
My faith was weak and shaken.
I sought for peace in dark dismay,
All joy from life was taken.

While pausing at this fateful place,
A voice was heard on yonder hill.
I lifted eyes and weary face,
His voice; I hear it still,

'Believe! ' was heard the earnest cry,
'Life and death do hang in sway,
Reach out your hand and only try! '
Then the echoes fade away.

The silence groaned in somber stillness,
A hush was heard in all the land.
The leaves on trees were motionless,
No waves did break upon the sand.

But then the silence split in twain,
My voice was heard with anxious cry.
'Believe? How can I bear this pain?
Oh save me now unless I die! '

'Believe! ' Again the answer came,
'Just trust in Me to give you rest.
Leave your fears, I know your name.'
Ageless words resound so blest.

My spirit crumbled at these words,
The past fell far from distant view.
From shaking lips a song was heard,
'I now believe your promise true.'