imago d.e.i.
can we talk numbers?
91 different kinds of antelope
11,000 different birds
50,000 spiders 34,000 snakes
30,000 fish and too many
worms to try and count
not to mention us
we humans are one of
522 different primates
but perhaps the only ones
who see themselves
as the image of God
which begs for a reminder
of the first truth of theology
there is a God and it’s not me
better to say an image
among a glorious array
of wonder love and grace
yet we seem determined
to try and distill the diversity
into some explainable elixir
that tastes mostly of fear
when we are imago dei
tiny images of everything
another way of saying
portraits of love
in a cosmic gallery
Peace,
Milton
Gorgeous!!