Perfection
Michael Baruzzini
There is an infinite distance
between imperfect and perfect.
Imperfect is who I am,
and perfect, who I need to be.
There is yet another infinite distance
between perfect
and You,
for You are Perfection itself.
There are, then, two infinites between us:
from imperfect to perfect,
from perfect to You,
and I know I cannot reach.
But I know too that You are merciful,
and that You will cross one infinity,
and I the other,
and there at perfect You will meet me.
So I set out to traverse the gap,
to leave behind who I am
and become who I need to be—
perfect, and then, there, You will meet me.
But now I am here,
I have gone the distance, and yet
perfect is still an infinity away.
I cannot reach the other side.
Then I turn to see
here, at imperfect,
You stand beside me, and say,
“Only I can cross.”
And then I realize this double mercy:
You cross two infinites and meet me at
imperfect, and carry me to dwell with You at
Perfection.