“you are Gods work of art...” Ephesians 2 v 10

Michelangelo : Slave

God’s work of art.

That’s me ?

Then Beauty must lie

In the eye of the

Beholder.

I feel more like

One of those statues

Michelangelo left

Half emerging

From the marble block;

Full of potential,

On the verge of life,

but prisoned still

By circumstance and

Fear.

Michelangelo : Slaves

yet part of me is free -

And you are still creating,

Bringing to life

The promise that is there.

Michelangelo : Slave

Sometimes by 

Hammer blows

Which jar my being,

Sometimes by

Tender strokes half felt

Which waken me to

Life.

Go on, Lord.

Love me into wholeness.

Set me free 

To share with you

In your creative joy;

To laugh with you

At your delight

In me,

Your work of art.

poem by Ann Lewin, ‘Revelation’  found in ‘Invitations’ by Francis Dewar p 98