In The Image
In addition to the Imago Dei
there are the Imagoes Pater and Mater.
Truth is we’re made in their image too.
Try as we might to completely shed that skin
there is always another fresher layer
breathing beneath, hungry for the light.
This is blessing and curse, and blessing.
This is how it has been from day one
(or day six if you’re a stickler), all of us
wriggling against the rocks of our shadows
trying to become other than our parents.
Salvation comes by way of the vox, that
gift bestowed that must then be earned.
This too is blessing and curse, and blessing.
And the resemblance grow, day by day. Mostly blessing now, for which I am grateful. Thanks, John.