Empty

I’m learning that I do best

when I come empty —

with nothing that I think of as myself,

nothing to present, nothing to protect,

nothing to be measured, nothing to improve,

nothing to vaunt or hide,

nothing to be envied or to envy

Only my naked willingness

to be formed, like a flame

in the alchemy of interaction,

to discover myself and another

in the living touch of our connection

Here I am doubly blessed —

blessed by what you are

and blessed by what I rise to be

in this holy moment

where we meet.

©Wendy Mulhern

December 17, 2015