Who You Are

So many teachings

tell you what you are

and you say yeah,

that’s nice,

but how will it help me

through all these weighty duties,

all the dread annoyances

of every day?

What does it take

to make them make a difference?

— One experience of filling up

with all the joy of it —

A joy so wide,

your former view

of who you are

can’t hold it,

can’t hold the great

suddenly unfurling 

You,

grand enough to encompass

all that goodness,

bright enough to light up

the whole sky.

©Wendy Mulhern

March 1, 2014