I’ve seen you look into a store window
the way I look into a book
like you I begin with what’s inside
like you distracted
when you find your image there
adjusting an errant strand of hair
Any word can form itself
unbidden
into thought
or into a thousand pictures
any image can be written back
into three-dimensional reality
A good window shows
what you already know
encapsulates
the beauty of our self-conscious world
gives courage to change the things we can
though the wind blows where it will
D. S. Martin
D. S. Martin is a Canadian poet who edits the Poiema Poetry Series for Cascade Books. His books include Poiema and Conspiracy of Light: Poems Inspired by the Legacy of C. S. Lewis. He has also edited the new anthology The Turning Aside: The Kingdom Poets Book of Contemporary Christian Poetry. He blogs at http://kingdompoets.blogspot.com/.
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