Essence

You brought your love in

like a fresh evening wind

sweetening your hair,

giving light and lift

to your face, your eyes

And I could breathe deeper

because you were here,

because of what you brought.

You had no fear

because it wasn’t about you

or about me, or the approval

of hidden voices that held the ear

of the board of directors,

wasn’t about opinions

or someone’s rigid template for perfection

It was as simple and as radical

as truth. That which can’t

be argued down

because it stands

in its own exquisite essence

ever renewed

from above, from within.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 22, 2014