Worth

When all the foreign voices in your head 

are hushed,

you’ll know that you have always known

how solid, how unmovable,

how deep 

is your intrinsic worth

This is why you care enough

to defend yourself,

this is why you care enough

to be sad

This is how you know that you’ll prevail —

your essence will prove equal

to everything it needs to bring you through.

You’ll rise to more than you dared hope:

The truth about yourself

will guide you surely

to the great work your heart desires to do.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 12, 2015