Holy Night

We come to understand

that we are holy,

not in closing ourselves off,

not in excluding anyone,

but in refusal to be anything but kind

and in insistence on keeping our light shining

and bearing witness

to every other light

and not permitting any

to be snuffed out

We come to understand

that this is our protection —

not in hiding but in standing up

to any imposition on our wholeness.

We will not allow ourselves

to be unloving or untrue,

and this will bring all impostors down.

©Wendy Mulhern

December 24, 2016