Rendered Strong

Ah, we are rendered strong

in rushing water,

not by virtue of the swell,

not from the tumble,

but from the way life always

bids us raise our head,

and how we find ourselves connected

to what keeps holding us

even down and down along the rapids

We are rendered strong

in our discovery

of what courses through our sinew —

inner energetic rivers rise

to meet the outer ones.

They celebrate together

and we are strong.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 12, 2016