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Epiphany

December 30, 2011 by Kenneth Hart

A statue that a statue maker never finished

stood in the corner of a workshop room

and began to smile every day.

 

She watched the statue maker begin her

work in clay and then shape the finished stone.

at night she watched the other statues play.

 

Now this model had been created with a feeling

That just wouldn’t go away,

and though she never seemed to grow

something seemed to change…

 

It was in a burst of enthusiasm,

the sculptor brought her to the sandbox and lay

her down gently, so that she looked the other way

and she was completed so quickly that before

she had anything to say, she was done.

 

And some questions went away and she looked

around with certainty, she knew she’d come of age.

 

This statue who now stretched her arms to the side

as her hair tumbled down in a cascade,

looked straight at her maker with both eyes wide

and saw in whose image she was made.

 

She filled with a pride that nearly cracked through her sides

and with a look that was reflected in her gaze

The sculptor held her high and began to smile

but for a moment the smile went away.

 

They saw into each other’s eyes

And said, “I could love you.”

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