January 17, 2021

Above This Plane

(for a brave cousin)

the image is stark

monochromatic

intense and gentle

she gazes out from it

at you yet not at you

as at some unseen foe

she knows too well

has grappled too close

the image is real

life leaps out of it

subdued and exuberant

her eyes speak brightly

stare strongly, unyielding

out of one plane into three

“I am more than you see”

“So very much more”

her mouth is set firm

unfearful yet determined

her foe will know her power

her image stares resolute

defies the sentence

of one single

terrifying

word

His image reveals its hope

acknowledging its life, in all its glory

is held by His much greater hand