In this lifetime

In this lifetime

There is no “not”—

Sweet soul,

Though worlds may seem to wheel

beyond your reach,

Great stars blinking

lightyears away

Though your high teachers

may seem to move

behind a veil

which no travail

can pull you through

And though you’ve felt you failed,

with nothing more that you could do

Rejoice, for this lifetime

— long enough for every dance of grace —

of galaxies, of atoms;

too short for any tedium —

each moment needed, magical —

Has every joy that you can dream

And calls for you to claim it,

Own your name:

In this life

there’s time

for all of you to shine.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 11, 2012