Symbols of the world's religions

               

THE GIFT

Max Reif

 
I began unravelling
the ribbons
on Your Gift

firmly believing
I knew
who I was.

By the time
unwrapping
was complete

the whole universe
had become the Present

and there was no one
to receive it.

 

JOURNEY FROM here TO HERE, p. 21
1981 to 2013 © Max Reif

               

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