In Good Faith

His salt and pepper hair is cropped short. His eyes are peacefully closed behind thin black frames, unwavering; his stubbled face, solemn, and his lips, quietly muttering.

The ceil blue scrubs are complemented with a worn pair of running shoes. A hospital badge loosely dangles from the lanyard around his neck.

The train lurches to a stop, he furrows his eyebrows and tightly clutches to something inside a front pocket of his bag. The first cruciform bead with the cross escapes incautiously. He opens his eyes briefly and scurries it back into his hands, continuing with prayer.