Structures

Let me release myself

from structures that have washed away my depth —

the headlong chutes 

of expectations and assumptions,

and criticism’s unforgiving hardpan.

Let me take time

for Life’s slow flow —

luxuriating stretching of connection —

nourishing exchange of living substance.

Let Life’s structures grow

according to the rules

that Life alone can set

and let me fill my tiny place

in this vast net

that holds us with a closeness

that we’ve always craved,

for here, in Life’s embrace, I will be saved.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 9, 2013