The Ikon hangs
On the wall
More likely
It’d call
For pangs
Its visage
So stern and fixed
Probably
Transfixed
But has no message
Except
When asked
Mortally
Basked
By a precept
Its appearance
Transmogrifies
Cloudily
Clarifies
Eternal compliance
The Ikon Hangs on the Wall
Published
T. M. Shorewick 