Desire

In your time

you will find

the sweet imperative,

the nectar you must drink —

the one, right now

that shoots through you like light,

that holds you up

as water holds up herbs

and makes you grow,

ever more unfolding into what you are.

And when it’s done

there’ll be a new imperative —

It will taste different

(the old one will no longer do)

and you will know it from your craving

and how your thirst rises up to meet it

and to crest in satisfaction

as you’re nourished.

This is how we know our way —

we are designed

to want what we most need.

It is the way of everything that lives

and it has worked

for more years than our counting minds can fathom.

Trust your truth!

It will grow ever clearer

as you lean into

the wind of your desire.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 23, 2013