You are loving with those who love
you:
you show yourself perfect
with the perfect.
With the sincere you show
yourself sincere
but the cunning you outdo in
cunning.
Ps. 18
Stop near a mirror
in the moonlit
dark.
Whose eyes do you
notice
glancing sideways
for a peek at you?
I know!
Sullen girl,
worried boy—
what is bothering
you now?
You look away
believing you know
something
your reflection
can't.
But Radiance
shimmers through
whites of eyes,
even the ones you
pretend you
don't see
hidden in your own
head!
Blink,
but face your
Face.
Don't
falter.
Stare.
-- By:
Ms. Karen Jessee, OP - -
a member of the Dominican
Laity, St. Mary Magdelene Group in Raleigh, NC. She writes and
teaches, living with her husband and children near Chapel Hill, North
Carolina.
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