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Beyond Belief

by Oonah V Joslin © 2007

 

In the beginning was Santa Claus.

They promised me his whiskered smile,

his omnipresent magic sleigh,

elves working busily

to bring free gifts on Christmas Day.

 

Then there was eternity;

forever and forever and

it's where you go to when you die.

I'd think about this inwardly

trying to find it's end.

 

And there was God Who came to Earth.

What an extraordinary birth;

Whose was the Word, the miracle,

Who when He died came back to life

and he could save us all.

 

Arthur and Merlin, Osiris, Zeus;

magic and myth - elusive truths

shine beyond reason; their display

leaving my sight in disarray.

Kaleidoscopes of youth.

 

Now grown in logic beyond hope I

know there is no Utopia;

that through my dying mists I'll see

only the end - the end of me

and all the dreams I once held high.

 

Yet I'd pray one final prayer

if anyone is listening.

Oh God, Who made the universe, her

child still needs your comforting.

If You can make Yourself be there…Be there.

Oonah V Joslin was born in Northern Ireland and now lives in the North East of England with her husband and cat.  This month you can see her work in Static Movement, The Shine Journal, Bewildering Stories 17th Dec and Every Day Fiction 31st Dec.  Other of her work can be seen in Micro Horror including the winning entry for the Halloween Drabble competition, Autumn Fruit.  You can visit her site at www.writewords.org.uk/oonah/