Faith Kept To Keep

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



With faith kept to keep,
All our worries and problems...
Can and could be healed to mend.
And yet...
Fakers of faith,
Who say they pray everyday.
With a doing to stay that way.
Seem to not allow God,
They claim to obey.
Are often heard to claim,
To feel alone to endure...
Their sorrows and pain,
Without empathy shown to them given!

'I don't understand.
What is it in my life am I missing?'

'Maybe...
Honesty.
Truth and the reality of it.
A selfish self deception.
Take your pick.
Only you would know better,
Than anyone else.
The answer to that question.'
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Written on July 15, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on July 15, 2022

Modified by lpahtillah on July 15, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXXAAXAXXXB XX CCXBXXXB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 559
Words 128
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 13, 2, 8

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