Such Great Faith // A Story Poem

Such Great Faith

Written by Brooklyne

A weary journey 

Coming down from the mountain 

Followed by many 

The Son of God 

The Savior of the world

The Healer, but rejected by most

A multitude crowded in so curious 

A multitude sick and hurting

A multitude there to condemn and judge

A leper who was desperate 

A leper who believed 

A leper who had such great faith 

Leper

I am no better than a rodent

People, old “friends” stare and point

I hear whispers before they run away

I have no cure, but am destined to live 

A life of loneliness and misery 

I am worthless trash 

I had heard the rumors 

That there was a Man 

Someone who healed the sick 

Who welcomed the rejected 

A Master who’s touch was of Power 

A Man different than the rest 

I looked at my tarnished skin

How could I not at least try? 

I gathered enough courage 

I would have elbowed my way towards the Man

But I needn’t shove my way, for they scattered 

When they saw the likes of me

He saw me too, so I bowed to worship

“Lord, if You are willing, 

You can make me clean.” 

My simple plea left my lips 

Before I could think twice 

I bowed before the Man who could free me

I was taking a chance

But one worth taking

For the Man named Jesus 

Reached out His hand toward me

And I felt His healing touch 

“I am willing; be cleansed.” 

I look at my once red, white, and blotchy skin

It was now clean and new

As a newborn child, soft and unblemished 

I looked up into the Man’s eyes 

Eyes that searched my own tear-filled ones 

What kind of Man would touch a leper like me? 

Only the Son of God, the Healer, the Savior of the World

~~~ Poem inspired by Matthew 8:1-4 ~~~

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