Poetry
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Reflections From Life Itself

 

The Moment of Trust

 

I accompanied a group from Menlo Church to Ethiopia in 2006 and found that a trip with this much emotional impact lends itself to many forms of expression and remembrance.

One, for me, was poetry, and three poems were the result.

The first poem, The Moment of Trust, came during the flight to Ethiopia, as we traveled over the polar route to Europe and as I looked ahead to our time in Yetebon with all its unknowns.

In it, I attempt to memorialize the emotions felt by me personally, seen by me in other team members, and hanging in the air for all of us as we had gathered on the curb at SFO, entered the airport, and boarded our plane. We brought our baggage, our expectations, and our fears!

The Moment of Trust

Onto that sunny curbside we arrived
By ones and twos,
Smiles, hugs hiding secrets untold;
Secret fears, pains, wonderings;
Yet,
Yet tumbled we inside, obediently
Joining the fray; an act of trust this,
Yes, an act of faith, for
This moment we were called,
Timeless, eternally called:
In us may they see nothing save the glory of the Lord.

Steve Belton
October 27, 2006
toward Addis Ababa