Barriers

It’s easy for me to put up a barrier.

I can say

Here is a thing I need

And without it I can’t find

the full connection.

It can be a very reasonable thing,

A need that anyone would understand

But however compelling

my justification,

It’s still my choice.

I don’t have to let anything

be a barrier

between me and full connection

Not my inhibitions, or yours

Not your preoccupations, or mine

Not habit, not rhythm, not time

Not species, not genus, not gender

I can run into these barriers

but I don’t have to.

It’s my choice.

Let me remember.

©Wendy Mulhern

March 16, 2013