Bearing the image

After I John 4:13-5:5

I love because

I was first loved because

I was owned and claimed.

I love because

I was given the image

to bear.

I bear this image

because I love

because I was first loved.

I bear the image

because I was made

to bear the image.

Because I love

I bear the image,

the image imprinted

   upon me.

Photograph by Saulo Mohana via Unsplash. Used with permission.