This my image in reflection
Is what I see real or is it illusion and deception
What am I yet blinded to see
That lies in secret depths within me
What word now upon my soul be a darkening veil
When it is resolve and faith I justly hail
Taunts, taunts, no longer to hold domain
Healed be this heart, I longingly proclaim.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
Orangetown, New York
Narcissus, Oil on canvas, 1597-1599, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1571 – 1610.
