On days of dreamy eyed wonder

On days of dreamy eyed wonder
My heart tends to ponder
Where or when or if twould be
A moment of serenity

And then maybe
Once more
To wait and see

When moments of time
Seem so fleeting
For all the while
These thoughts repeating

Wishing, hoping, praying
Yet still, this uncertain bliss
How long, if ever twill come

The mind that's fixed
Grows numb with its fever
Toiling at times

In trial there's triumph
Yet tossed by the winds
That carry this curse

Where shall it lead
For whom, for what
For all of life's
Imagining

Seems distant and cold
Lost in this old
Memory of youth

Yet trial is its proof
Its test by which
To teach the best

Still uncertain
And unsettled
It all seems

Simple to say
And less to
Pray

Earnestly hoping
Crying out
Wordless requests
Comforted, clinging
To broken shards
Of the soul

Trusting though tried
Confident yet
For all this war inside

Yet still, yet still
A wonder, a thrill
A power beyond

Lies within
It reasons
With wisdom
Of worlds unknown

Yet conquers the doubt
That plagues one about
And fills with assurance

In faith renewed
Its promises proved
Assurance in hope
Of the future ahead

No matter the fear
Of what seems as strange
There's a comfort
Bears deeper
Than the bone

Its proof is shown
Through deeds
Made known

That all may taste
And see
This glorious
Victory

-Joshua Lee Foist