To the Core

There is no easy path

There is no glib path

and when you go under

into the dark and twisted course

that brings you to the depths,

you go alone

No one can go through the fire for you

And no one, like you,

will be lit up by that singular glow

found only at the concentrated core

— heart of everything —

Your light is like none other,

like no one else’s.

It’s your integrity

that compels you

to take the dive,

It’s your integrity

that brings you out alive.

©Wendy Mulhern

March 30, 2014