There are angels
all around us.
But we do not see them.
They have bodies
but we do not see them.
We do not see them
because they are Persons.
Instead, we see blackness
or whiteness.
We see man or woman,
gay or straight,
colonial, indigenous,
liberal, conservative.
We see muslim or jew.
But we do not see you,
the angel, the human,
the one who is breathing
in this body, this moment,
this breath.
We do not see the Person
because we are afraid.
Photo from the film, Schindler's List
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