Immaculate Conception
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Though nature hovers in our minds and spans
The spaces far beyond the Hubble eye,
Though poetry, a telescope that scans
The universe, can take us where souls fly,
And though religion stretches to embrace
Totality, these three will not suffice.
Yet if these three combine and then encase
Their offerings in the heart they might entice
It to epiphany. A formal creed
Is not required. Their mating generates
A clearer vision that all truths concede.
Their microscope reveals and elevates.
Interiors of abalone shells
Reveal this trio’s hidden parallels.
~ Phillip Whidden