Faces

Reverend Rhetta Morgan

Didn’t know you,

so how could I

miss your face?

There’s a

covering

hovering

over a mirror

revealing

you-ness to

me-ness.

Half sadness

searches the

moment for

some form of

recognition.

Alas, the moment

loses its way,

it’s nerve:

I am unmet.

Longing for

time rich with

texture, color,

complexity,

paradox

and

your face,

your full face.

Wanting,

having to

wait till

pestilence

ends and

merry comes

a ragged

here after

looking for a

courageous lining.

Rev. Rhetta Morgan is an interfaith minister, ADL facilitator and founder Ecclesia Spirit, an Interfaith Spiritual Community. She is also a poet, musician and guest speaker on the subjects of racial healing through a spiritual lens, as well as, fortifying ourselves through spiritual practices. Rev Rhetta resides in Doylestown, PA.