In tune

To be in tune

is such a natural thing

though unacknowledged

in our benighted sphere

A thing that babies know at birth

and try with some success at first

to teach their parents

Why do we then fall into such confusion

Thinking that we’re born without a clue

and must be plied with tedious instruction

before there’s anything we know that we can do?

It opens up a yawning gap

that stretches over many weary, lonely years

of seeking satisfaction in the proffered tasks

expected failure deepening our fears

When what we really wanted

is so close to us, so simple

To listen once again to infant wisdom

To find the ancient science of connection

Ride on the waves 

that make us move as one.

©Wendy Mulhern

April 21, 2012