We see trees reaching
as they stretch themselves
to touch the sky.
Stumbling toddlers
hoist themselves to reach what’s
beyond them—it’s essential to
their childhood.
Runners at the finish
stretching to break the tape,
reach for the gold redemption.
Lying flat on the scaffold
Michelangelo stretched his hand
toward the plaster that loomed above
and limned for all time afterward
what reaching is about—
God reaching earthward
stretching Adam into life,
reaching in his Maker’s image—
the image we see copied
in all the world.
(C) Phil Hefner. 9/18/2020
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