Lanterns

It’s not the lanterns that we’re after,

it’s the light. (As far as lanterns go, 

there may be many, some

more beautiful than others,

some more costly

But if you look in someone’s closet

at the ones they have acquired, discarded,

that still won’t tell their story)

We’re all reaching for the same thing,

and as we find it, we’ll have more to use,

and better vision

to find the light right here,

not in lanterns

but reflecting true

from the deep clear essence

of our core.

©Wendy Mulhern

November 25, 2015