Don’t Touch the Lie

Don’t touch the lie —

It will grab you,

sweep you into its vortex,

get all mixed up with you

like oil contaminating water —

You’ll think it’s the primal objective,

the thing you need to solve,

what should, and must,

take all your time

until it’s conquered

Don’t touch the lie —

It doesn’t own you

and you don’t owe it anything,

and if you simply turn toward truth,

you’ll find yourself as pure

as you have always been,

as free as you had dreamed

but didn’t dare to hope,

as joy-infused as you can sometimes

almost remember

from the time before the lie.

That truth of you is here,

sure as the seasons, sure 

as the cosmos. Which is plenty big

to draw your whole attention

and be your whole fulfillment

without the lie

Don’t touch the lie.

for you don’t need it —

Your truth has always been enough:

Your truth defines you wholly

and can be your guide.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 30, 2014