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little,
demanding,
does not know it is but a reflection;
it soon sees  you 
another,
as some one to praise
or to blame

Wilson, Carole Valyrie

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"I""i"little,demanding,does not know it is but a reflection;it soon sees "you"another,as some one to praiseor to blame.Next come "they,"oh, so many,through whom flow all "i's" goodor unwanted."i"becomes "we"after coaxing;but "we"to "i" may be dangerous -too often the vision's distorted.For "we"really means"me" and "you,""me" and the world,and to some"me" and God."i"then desiring,as "me"in God's shadow,is stunned with the wonder '"i"blinksand shrinks,ever smaller and smaller,untilGod aloneis the"I."CAROL VALYlUE WILSON-17-

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