Circles

Here is the circle

where I am held in your heart,

All of me enclosed, included,

Swinging in the hammock

of your care.

Here is the circle of radiation —

all of the warmth

that flows from that cozy enclosure,

Spread to include

those who come in the line of my sight,

Sure to exude all the comforts 
of this dear delight.

Here is the circle

of all who are drawn to the love,

Bringing their own light

and feeling it rise in the center.

Here is the joining of links that will hold us

in that grateful unity

called our community

All of which grows from the start

of how I am held in your heart.

©Wendy Mulhern

September 12, 2013