About my Conversion: Directions to a Nonbeliever

Run your finger across the arc of my cheekbone.
Notice how it curves like the hull of Noah’s ark
that propelled life through earth’s watery death. 

Hear the dove’s wings whisk 
as it flies along the rainbow’s curve, 
carrying a branch to regenerate life. 

Observe Noah’s cats’ descendent, 
its vibrating fur against my leg. Consider 
that DNA separates the lamb from the lion. 

If you can’t give God faith, give me 
your feet. Let me plant them alongside olive 
roots that grew from the dove’s branch.