Poetic Responses to Psalms and Scripture
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 seehidden 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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