PORTRAITURE
Have
you ever looked into
the
eyes of a portraiture?
In
these wells of the soul
lay
the expressive depths
of
the human spirit,
the
pain and sorrow,
the
hopes and dreams,
the
love and the joy,
and
peace and reconciliation.
On
the picture boards
at
wakes and funerals,
I
peer into the eyes of
the
deceased, trying to
catch
a glimpse of what
they
were thinking, what
they
were feeling at the
various
times of their lives
portrayed
from infancy
through
their school years,
from
courtship to weddings,
from
young parenthood
to
adolescent parenthood
to
grandparenthood.
I
love to pour through
my
photographs of you,
generally
late at night
when
you are off to work,
slowly,
carefully savoring
the
intricate pattern of
shading,
highlighting
your
cheeks, your smile,
and
most especially,
your
eyes,
your
dark brown eyes,
in
whose mysterious depths
resides
the beautiful
portraiture
of God.
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2015. The Book Of Ruth, Deacon Bob Wagner OFS. All rights reserved.
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