Jesus I Trust in You

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Jesus I Trust in You,
I haven't always... there 
was even a time I 
thought I was atheist.
I was mad, or I made 
it seem that I was mad. 
Deep down I was so hurt. 
You and I knew but I
did not want to break 
the facade I had built.

Jesus I Trust in You,
but I never trusted 
"He is there in the Host" 
I heard some say "He is
just there as a symbol" 
I doubted that too I 
was told to "Read John 6" 
I had. Though I was taught,
no one could make that faith
enter my doubting heart.

Jesus I Trust in You,
The day I heard of a 
Mexico pilgrimage
I leapt for joy. I was 
going to fly in a 
plane. It was a goal for 
the year I abandoned.  
What I had not was the 
question: Are you really 
there in the Eucharist? 

Jesus I Trust in You,
I went into your house
hoping that you are there 
I told you all my pains 
tears running down my face 
I talked to you not as 
a God in the heavens
but as a friend. I felt 
so listened to, so heard 
I knew that you were there. 

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Iambic Trimeter means the usual iambic (alternating unstressed/stressed) meter for every line of the poem, but instead of the ten syllables that comprise a typical sonnet's iambic pentameter, this particular form uses six syllables of iambic trimeter per line. Thus, the name HexSonnetta.



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