Covered

There is a love deep enough

to reach your very lowest point,

to wrap you up and hold you

tender, safe

There is a love that answers

generations of woe,

long legacies of dashed hopes,

intransigent injustice

There is a love for which

the wildest writhings 

of your struggling heart

are no problem

You don’t have to be

small and polite

to qualify for Love’s covering —

don’t have to assume

you only get a small blanket

There is a love that can heal

all of your memories,

all of your doubts

all of your fears for the future

Here is love for you:

whatever you need,

you are covered.

©Wendy Mulhern

December 26, 2015