Inner Light

Here is the inner shimmer

that glimmers for as long

as I can keep attention centered,

the concentrated glow of knowing

this is a power that will burn off

anything that doesn’t share its essence

(Nearly as a side effect,

I see the sordid stories,

almost comic in how unbelievable

they now appear. How could it be

that I accepted them 

and let them hobble me

for such a long time?)

Here is the truth:

our worth is infinite —

it isn’t measured and it isn’t limited,

it isn’t earned and can’t diminish,

can’t be lost or stolen,

swindled or betrayed

Our worth establishes

the law of kindness —

we can’t see anyone as any less.

We must embrace them

in all the fervor

that now arises in the joy

of this eternal inner light.

©Wendy Mulhern

September 5, 2016