Doubt

I'm a great believer in doubt.
It’s the yeast of spirit.

Fermentation is a process of growth.
We must wait it out
as we do in the aging of wine.

Time is our sturdiest companion.
It gives us clout
both in and out of our skins,

resolves all thought
with a kind of resilient toughness
that lets truth stand

as it is,
incomplete and unyielding:
preserved élan.