A Most Important Thing

At this time of life

depth seems a most important thing —

the balance weights that extend  

below the illusion we call the ground,

the ones that give us

dynamic presence

so we can’t be tumbled

from our own truth.

Though many forces

may push us flat against the ground,

we are not phased

for we rebound,

immediately realign

with what we are,

embody a circumference

that’s wider far

than what we had before believed.

We need this depth

to move with purpose

through the social daze,

We need this size 

to overcome the myth of death.

©Wendy Mulhern

September 7, 2013