Trust

The unquestioning trust in a small childs eyes;

The gentle, warm trust in a lovers sighs,

The essential trust of soldiers in each other

Strong and vital as that between brothers

Trust in all its many manifestations

Forms the bedrock of lasting relations.

Trust thats enduring and eternally steadfast

Nourishes and protects a love that will last

Through all the travails that life has to give,

Easing the journey for as long as one lives.

Trust is quiet and self-effacing

And does not set the heart to racing,

It has no need of flamboyant speech

Does not force one to kneel or beseech

Trust doesnt require a fervent prayer

For, once truly earned, it is always there.

© 1/17/2004 Thurman P. Woodfork