Request

I want you here

not for the tasks you do

so much as for the way your presence

settles me, gives me something

to lean into

lets the flurry of my worries

start to find

some resting place,

precipitates

some kind of peace

I want you here

not to possess you,

not to clip your wings,

but so the weight

of our shared intention

can focus, gather power

so together, we’ll have enough strength

to persevere.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 21, 2015