They were like two mirrors facing each other.
Who sees, who is seen?
Seeing each other like this,
they experienced the recognition everyone craves -
to be seen exactly as we are,
nothing more,
and nothing less.
Seen like this,
all the many forms in the world
are the same
as one's own hand,
one's own face.
the iron grinder, Liu Tiemo (780-859)
Women of the Way
Sallie Tisdale
Photo: Peter Bowers