Climb

I was walking looking backward

because my work was beautiful

and my friends were beautiful

and oh, my love was beautiful

and I didn’t want to leave them

But there are turns along this path

and footsteps that require my attention,

There is so much to keep learning —

Things I don’t even have names for, yet

So I will look forward, and trust

that love and friendship,

like the moon,

will still preside over my days

and not be lost

around the many bends ahead.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 4, 2014