Do I really see you?
Off to the side and on back pews.
On invisible edges and borders.
Under bridges and on street corners.
Perpetually unacknowledged and wallflowered.

I pray for the sanctified side-eye
to behold you
for the
magnificent
human
divine image bearer that you are.

© Sharon Fleshman, 2015

Your Call: I was inspired to write this poem by Pope Francis’ recent visit to Philadelphia. Watch this footage and consider how it speaks to you.  Reflect on how Jesus saw those, such as Zacchaeus (Luke 19-1-10), who were on the margins of society.  How can you develop your peripheral vision?