Taking the PPC4 - 52 Weeks of Poetry

Prompt 37 (8th April 2024)

Faith

what do you have faith in?
that which you take for granted
of course

that the sun will appear to rise tomorrow
despite the clouds doing their best to hide it
and the illusion being due to a whole lot of physics
gravity and suchlike I wouldn't wonder

that whichever lot gets in
the reality is that things won't get any better
probably get worse
truth be told

that everyone is fundamentally decent
you know
at heart
despite all evidence to the contrary

that prices will keep going up
never down you note
always up
someone's job to make sure that happens you know

death of course
mustn't forget that one
of a certainty I shall die
I have every faith in it