When you stand before the mirror,
You do not have to wait
To see your counterpart appear,
Or glass elucidate.
Nor does God wait for you
To reach a slow perfection.
Existing now, at one with Him,
You are instantly reflection.
Poems
Instant image
From the December 1982 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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