Mental Housekeeping

I.

Well,

I can’t argue

with someone I don’t know,
(as ground shifts beneath me like water)

who clearly wants to set forth

a strong opinion,

and who hasn’t heard me

and doesn’t want to.

Let it go —

There may be common ground

with that person —

Just not here.

II.

No need to identify

with proffered bargains

for something less

than my whole being.

No need to settle for pain,

or for complaint,

or for a muddied, stagnant

view of life.

Right here in this day

are seeds from eons back

waiting for this perfect moment

to spring forth.

III.

When no excuse

can really cover

a stupid oversight,

and nothing in my makeup

can explain it,

and its implications

arraign me in a wrinkle of character

that time won’t smooth,

it’s OK to go back

and ask for a redo.

©Wendy Mulhern

November 29, 2013