The way it has to be

Life is life —

in every place it finds itself,

it has one goal:

to live —

And living is the grace

of making more life,

more branching life-ways,

more ways more life can thrive.

You are life,

and you have always, always

let yourself be borne

along the course

of Life’s enduring flow,

effortless, inexorable

in your resplendent gravitas

No false stories

can divert your motion,

compelled, as you are

by Life’s law:

You will grow,

and you will bring with you

lush gardens,

rich communities,

deep fecundity

of soil and seed —

so much fruit will come

so naturally, from what you bring,

from your saying yes

to what you are.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 10, 2013