Guarantees

Though you can’t bet

on this or that falling ball —

where it will land in the bell curve,

and you can’t count

on this or that seed —

if it will grow, if it will bear,

You can still count

on the filling in

of every niche

till every need is met.

It is the law of water,

it is the law of love

that in the snowmelt,

though some places

thaw more slowly,

every channel will deliver

down the mountain,

with mounting joy,

the full reward

for winter’s meditations.

It is the law of truth

that with abundant acts of life,

some will sprout,

enough will bear,

and you will be sustained.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 23, 2013