They come complete with warts, scars and scabs and maybe they’re wearing <br />Glasses with thick lenses prescribed for their stigmatism or myopic eyes <br />Some have intermittent teeth and present only the tightest of closed mouth smiles <br />Putting a club foot or polydactyly hand forward to obtain those extra digits needed <br />For inclusion into your prayers as gracefully they surround you with loving care <br />They are the unattractive and displeasingly beautiful people who stand next to you <br />In a crowded world having offered some elderly or incapacitated soul their place <br />Look in the mirror, perhaps behind you they appear as nightmarish intruders <br />Or faceless people you choose not to look upon in the revealing light of day <br />Exculpatory and clean handedly turning the other cheek to reflect your concerns <br />You deposit ten percent in the golden tithing plate as you accept the holy sacrifice <br />And eat the body and drink the blood of your savior who died upon the cross <br />So might all your sins be forgiven <br />To Ye they will again come forth in multitudes of mirrored faces as lepers and pariahs <br />That thou may wash their feet and hands <br />In the service of his fellow man…and loving God <br /> <br />2007 © T Sheridan<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/beautiful-people-tested-by-the-fire-of-a-loving-god/
