Poem January 29, 1979 Issue

Imaging

Shirley Selby

Should another's callous emotions
angle on your face and subtly seek
their likeness to double evil's space;
should distortions shape the surface, and
corners fill with hate—let
love, untainted, tranquil, reflect God's
likeness in their place.

And if another's careless thoughts with
yours would intertwine and deftly seek
to picture man as error would define—
if shadows stretch their outlines, and
dark shapes crowd the mind—let
love, untroubled, changeless, behold the
man of God's design.

When face, in perfection, images face
Love mirrors brothers in complete embrace.

Shirley Selby

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