A Spiritual Reading: I Corinthians 13
What merit does this image have? Why print
It in between two strangely moving ones?
There is a bit of beauty here, a hint
Of dreaminess as well, yet nothing stuns
Us. Light and shade and texture form the whole
Here. Nothing spirit-like shines, unless we
Import it to his eyes, give them the role
Of soul-kinned glow and depth. The gloss we see
Of gleams refracted from his lower lip
Is not the loveliness of seraphim,
Although the way his hair can curl and dip
Down faithfully is like a dark-tuned hymn.
The shape his shoulder makes is sheer
Hope. Love’s rays are playing with his ear.