Here with us

(to my mom)

You have prepared

this place of openness

so that the scent of blossoms

and the beauty

in the shapes of trees

can go right in

(not asking for permission)

just flooding you —

You light up with them

and with the quiet calls of birds

and with simple presence —

We are here

and that is good —

that is enough.

©Wendy Mulhern 

May 10, 2014