Exploring an Ancient Medley

Even as doubt

twists my mind

into a knot of depression

fingers dance

along a row of strings

tickling out

the melody

of an ancient psalm

even as despair

burns a hole

in the paperwork

I once believed in

a hush falls

like water

over my mind on fire

with desperation

and faith is made visible

in the fingers that pluck

out a song of promises

fulfilled

way back then