Tools for Polishing

'Tools for Polishing'

The theater of the world,

and all its vexing, motley players,

is merely a mirrored window

into us.

Fear

stops us from looking.

So don the cloak of courage.

Don’t soap your mirror

of self-reflection.

Look there,

deeply.

Keep looking.

All the heavy machinery

of your lessons

is there.

Use it

to unearth

the gleaming, radiant mirror

of your soul

so it can shine in the world.

Art by Paul Apal’kin.