BELIEVE by Titus Yoder
Who will believe for those who cannot
Who will see life in death
Who will embrace death to see life
Who will be pierced and not cry out
Who will cry out to be pierced
Who will bleed golden oil
Who will speak for those who cannot
Who will listen for those who cannot speak
Who dares stand next to the seven lamps
Who sees with the seven eyes of God
Who will burn and not be consumed
Who will lay dead in the street for all to see
Who is ready for their testimony
Who will war out of weakness
Who lifts up the hands hanging down
Who is willing to bury sacredness in the ground
Who has discovered that the sacred is covered in dirt
Who will laugh when everyone is crying
Who will cry when everyone is laughing
Who can witness and not speak
Who can speak without witnessing
Who believes in morning at midnight
Who can be the wind-bent reed
Who calls to the wind, bend me
Who can kiss their personal betrayer
Who has the courage to be that betrayer
Who thinks that Christ comes in clay
Who can remember their dreams at midday
Whose visions are stronger than disappointments
Whose disappointments strengthen their visions
Who will travail until the birth
Who can give birth without travail
Who runs out to greet themselves coming home
Who has the audacity to ring their own hand
You can and I will, because we believe.
- Titus Yoder from Montana, USA
