Alignment

I am not astonished

at all that falls away —

I have so little time to notice,

for the cause

to which I find myself inherently aligned

reveals itself so vast

that there are no edges —

just the rapid sudden rise of color,

close and quick, enveloping,

overwhelming any standpoint

that could put it in perspective,

overwriting everything,

filling me so comprehensively

that I could never want anything else,

owning me

just as (I now see)

it always has.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 19, 2015