Reflections at Year’s End

The last day of the year

dawns foggy, and continues overcast.

We sleep later than our habit,

tendrils of memories

interspersing themselves

with dreams, and with images

of streams, currents of possibility

weaving open and closed,

forming lenticular shapes along the flow

Artistic expressions from others’ lives

placed up against my own

invite reflection

These days we keep being asked

to take a side. I will not take a side,

for that is what conquers us.

I will take a stand.

I will stand for what is free and true,

I will stand for ribbons of stream flow

braiding lives into thirst-quenching unity,

I will stand for the excitement

of streaming, soul to soul,

along the course of life,

I will stand for pure reflective pools

and the welcoming in

of everything that yearns,

everything that hears.

©Wendy Mulhern

December 31, 2016