Before I Knew

before I knew

I harbored faith 

before I knew

I had no doubt

before I knew

I walked the line 

before I knew

I stayed the course

before I knew

I trusted love

before I knew

I feared a god

Truth

do we know

what is true

can we count

on current facts

is truth within

our hurried grasp

or must we wait

for time to pass

the search it seems

on science rests

for unlike faith

it must evolve

Desert King

high above

the desert floor

he soars on waves

of rising air

his view of sand

and sun-baked rock

the only trees

near hidden springs

and soon he dives

to make a kill

and takes his meal

to cooler heights

it's there he'll spend

the clear, cold night

beneath a dome

of distant suns