Seeing the Light

We will give up

trying to be good

and trying to look good

and trying to justify

relative worth

We will give up

the anxious glances,

the frenzied measurements,

the sad assessments

of us and the world

For we will know

that this good of us

is not of our doing

or our undoing —

It is held immutable,

unsullied,

and will glow triumphant

and enlightening

through all our days.

©Wendy Mulhern

June 8, 2015