What I’m here for

I have these eyes —

this intersection of perception,

this way of seeing

I have this truth at my core

that gives me context

to interpret what is here,

to understand the law

that flows in everything

I have this love

(not made by me

but found in me, as me)

It is my life to be it,

to insist that it illumine

all that I behold,

so bearing witness

with my eyes, my truth, my love

to what I am,

to what we are.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 2, 2013