face to face

“Come,” my heart says, “seek his

         face!”

   Your face, O LORD, do I seek.  Psalm 27:8

in the little kids

hopscotching on the walk,

   i see you face-to-face;

in the immigrants

moving into the flat

across the way,

   i greet you face-to-face;

in the forgiving smile

offered by the love

i hurt the most,

   I meet you face-to-face.

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman