Bone of my bones

The only thing

that can flow inside me

is love.

The only thing that quickens me

Oxygenates the deepest reaches

of my system

Wakes me up

and lets me move

is love.

The only substance of my bones,

their solid comfort, steady, strong support,

their unassuming service, their

good-natured density,

is love.

And love ignites the gratitude

that courses through me, leaps

along my limbs,

Curls into my inner places 

with their secret glow,

Lights me like a lantern, pours

illumination out

through my eyes, my skin, my tongue.

And love will ever lead me to my own,

The place that I may bless,

My heart, my home.

And love will guide my words, my steps, my days

In every breath of mine evincing praise.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 3, 2013